GNU bug report logs - #22238
25.0.50; isearch symbol search can't find ,@symbol

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>

Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 21:30:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 44418

Found in versions 25.0.50, 28.0.50

Done: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 22238 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, 22238 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22238: 25.0.50; isearch symbol search can't find ,@symbol
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 11:54:04 +0100

Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru> writes:

> On 12/26/2015 12:06 AM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>
>> But @foo is a valid symbol.
>
> Indeed. If you like to implement the syntax-propertize-function that will
> distinguish between them, be my guest.
>
> But it's more important to discern "symbol" in ,@symbol than support
> symbols with rare names like that.

Such symbols are used by Emacs, so they should be properly supported.
There is no point in supporting ,@foo but not @foo, since the method
will be the same.

Andreas.

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