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

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Package: emacs;

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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 21391 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, tino.calancha <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 21:51:23 +0200

On 07.11.2016 21:47, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> When thing is a number? Maybe. I don't imagine it's used very often.
>
> But previously it could be used.  After this change, it would be
> impossible.

The callers will need to switch to `number-at-point', probably. The 
resulting code will work with both new and older versions of Emacs.

>> It's pretty clearly a bug: most other "things" behave otherwise (list,
>> sexp, symbol). I'd very much rather we didn't retain conceptual problems
>> like that just for the sake of compatibility.
>
> Not sure which behavior you have in mind.  The removal of properties?
> Or something else?

Returning something other than a string or nil from thing-at-point.
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