GNU bug report logs - #37488
27.0.50; Inconsistent naming of arg of `text-property-search-forward' and `-backward'

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 06:04:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: lekktu <at> gmail.com, larsi <at> gnus.org, 37488 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37488: 27.0.50; Inconsistent naming of arg of `text-property-search-forward' and `-backward'
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 12:43:56 +0300

> From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
> Cc: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>,  Lars Ingebrigtsen
>  <larsi <at> gnus.org>,  37488 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 11:35:01 +0200
> 
> note that PREDICATE -> nil means "not equal", so with VALUE -> nil this
> actually searches for non-nil values of the text property, which is a
> reasonable (and the expected) default behavior.

Is it?  IME, we usually search for a specific value, not for any
value.
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