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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, lekktu <at> gmail.com, 37488 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37488: 27.0.50; Inconsistent naming of arg of
 `text-property-search-forward' and `-backward'
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2019 17:45:13 +0300

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de,  lekktu <at> gmail.com,  37488 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:36:57 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > All I see is that the code calls text-property--match-p, and that one
> > just compares two values of the property.  What am I missing?
> 
> I think the magic is in text-property--find-end-forward and -backward,
> where the nil PREDICATE has special meaning.

Thanks, I figured it out and updated the doc strings.

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