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[PATCH] ; Handle string-at-point at end of buffer gracefully

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Message #26 received at 64733 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 64733 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64733: [PATCH] ; Handle string-at-point at end of buffer
 gracefully
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 13:21:07 +0300

> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
> Cc: 64733 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 08:42:15 +0000
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
> >> Cc: 64733 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> >> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 06:57:17 +0000
> >> 
> >> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> >> 
> >> > This is for master, right?
> >> 
> >> I actually had indented for this and bug#64664 to be applied onto
> >> emacs-29.
> >
> > Why are these important enough to install on the release branch?  Did
> > the behavior change in Emacs 29?
> 
> I assumed so, but on checking both of these issues exist since Emacs 28.
> That being said, the fact that (thing-at-point 'string) raises an
> (avoidable) error seems to be something that shouldn't be the case, but
> I don't know if that warrants applying this patch at this late stage.

Let's install these on master, and maybe consider backporting then
after Emacs 29.1 is released.

Thanks.

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