GNU bug report logs - #41761
28.0.50; M-x count-words counts words only up to a field boundary

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Message #24 received at 41761 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Daniel Koning <dk <at> danielkoning.com>
Cc: 41761 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se, pipcet <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#41761: [PATCH] bug#41761: 28.0.50; M-x count-words counts
 words only up to a field boundary
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:15:14 +0300

> From: Daniel Koning <dk <at> danielkoning.com>
> Cc: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>,  41761 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>   pipcet <at> gmail.com
> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 13:48:44 -0500
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > This change in behavior should be in NEWS.  And I'm not sure
> > we shouldn't provide an optional knob to get back the old behavior:
> > some package or user might rely on it.
> 
> I don't think I agree.

It's okay to disagree, but I still think it should be in NEWS.  It's a
change in a long-standing behavior, so users should be told about it.

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