GNU bug report logs - #64739
(forward-thing 'number) doesn't work with decimal numbers

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Joseph Turner <joseph <at> breatheoutbreathe.in>

Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 06:27:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 74662

Found in version 29.4

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From: Roland Winkler <winkler <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 64739 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Joseph Turner <joseph <at> breatheoutbreathe.in>
Subject: bug#64739: (forward-thing 'number) doesn't work with decimal numbers
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 07:28:29 -0500

On Thu, Jul 20 2023, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> forward-word doesn't seem to be the correct forward-op for numbers.
>
> That depends on the buffer's syntax table, though.

I am frequently running into similar problems when I deal with numbers,
but the syntax table is not designed for this.  Would it make sense if
(forward-thing 'number) temporarily used a customized synatx table?
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