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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2020 16:53:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 41761 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, pipcet <at> gmail.com, dk <at> danielkoning.com
Subject: bug#41761: [PATCH] bug#41761: 28.0.50; M-x count-words counts words only up to a field boundary
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2020 19:28:14 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 16:06:30 -0700
> Cc: 41761 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, pipcet <at> gmail.com
> 
> +** 'count-words' now skips field boundaries.
> +Before, 'count-words' incorrectly stopped counting the number of words
> +in buffer at a field boundary.  This bug has been fixed.

I don't think it was a bug, so the wording should be different.
Something like

  'count-words' now crosses field boundaries.
  Originally, 'count-words' ignored the text inside field boundaries,
  now it includes such text in the count.

Thanks.
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