GNU bug report logs - #21391
24.5; `thing-at-point' returns error when called with arguments 'number t

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Reported by: Tino Calancha <f92capac <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 01:57:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.5

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
To: 21391 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' returns error when called with arguments 'number t)
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 18:22:04 +0100


On 04.11.2016 21:03, Drew Adams wrote:
> Sorry, but I confused things further, I'm afraid.
>
> `thing-at-point' should always return a string.

Indeed. Which would require some normalization WRT number-at-point etc.


> `list-at-point', `form-at-point', etc. are a different
> story - they can return anything.

Interesting question. Maybe returns the symbol if found - nil otherwise?
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