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28.0.91; number is not an accepted value for THING in bounds-of-thing-at-point

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Rodrigo Morales <moralesrodrigo1100 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 28.0.91; number is not an accepted value for THING in
 bounds-of-thing-at-point
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:32:51 -0500

Actions that triggered the bug

1. Start Emacs with the flag -Q: $ emacs -Q
2. Insert the number "123" in any buffer (preferably, the current one,
   "*scratch*")
3. Place the cursor on any digit in the number that was written in the
   previous step
5. Evaluate this sexp (bounds-of-thing-at-point 'number) in a number.

Current result

"nil" is returned

Expected result

The boundaries of the number should be returned.

Additional information

First, some context: The following sexp (thing-at-point 'number) is able
to get the number at point. For example, when the cursor is on any digit
of the following number: 123, that sexp returns "123".

One might think that the following sexp
(bounds-of-thing-at-point 'number)
returns the boundaries of the number at point. However, this doesn't
happen because "number" is not a recognized value for the THING
parameter in the function bounds-of-thing-at-point although "number" is
a recognized parameter in parameter with the same name THING in
thing-at-point.

Note that both thing-at-point and bounds-of-thing-at-point belong to the
same package: thingatpt.el



In GNU Emacs 28.0.91 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.31, cairo version 1.17.4)
 of 2022-02-09 built on r1
Repository revision: d193801f59822554d28e497da146d982f5ab7995
Repository branch: HEAD
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12101003
System Description: Arch Linux

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PDUMPER PNG RSVG SECCOMP SOUND THREADS TIFF TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS X11 XDBE
XIM XPM GTK3 ZLIB

Important settings:
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix

Memory information:
((conses 16 2520424 464021)
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 (strings 32 512469 221518)
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Message #8 received at 54555 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Rodrigo Morales <moralesrodrigo1100 <at> gmail.com>, "54555 <at> debbugs.gnu.org"
 <54555 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : bug#54555: 28.0.91; number is not an accepted value
 for THING in bounds-of-thing-at-point
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 21:13:22 +0000

> 2. Insert the number "123" in any buffer (preferably, the current one,
>    "*scratch*")
> 3. Place the cursor on any digit in the number that was written in the
>    previous step
> 5. Evaluate this sexp (bounds-of-thing-at-point 'number) in a number.
> 
> Current result
> "nil" is returned
> Expected result
> The boundaries of the number should be returned.

Yeah, `bounds-of-thing-at-point' is still somewhat broken
- at least neglected.
____

If you use `thing-at-point+.el' then
(bounds-of-thing-at-point 'number) and similar just work.

https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/download/thingatpt%2b.el

____

In this case, you can code a fix yourself, with just this
(or similar):

(defun my-bounds-of-number-at-point ()
  "Return the bounds of the number represented by the numeral at point.
Return nil if none is found."
  (and (number-at-point)  (bounds-of-thing-at-point 'sexp)))

(put 'number 'bounds-of-thing-at-point 'my-bounds-of-number-at-point)

Message #17 received at 54555 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Rodrigo Morales <moralesrodrigo1100 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 54555 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54555: 28.0.91; number is not an accepted value for THING
 in bounds-of-thing-at-point
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 17:32:52 +0100

Rodrigo Morales <moralesrodrigo1100 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 1. Start Emacs with the flag -Q: $ emacs -Q
> 2. Insert the number "123" in any buffer (preferably, the current one,
>    "*scratch*")
> 3. Place the cursor on any digit in the number that was written in the
>    previous step
> 5. Evaluate this sexp (bounds-of-thing-at-point 'number) in a number.
>
> Current result
>
> "nil" is returned
>
> Expected result
>
> The boundaries of the number should be returned.

I've now fixed this in Emacs 29.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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