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: Joseph Turner <joseph <at> breatheoutbreathe.in>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 64739 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Roland Winkler <winkler <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#64739: (forward-thing 'number) doesn't work with decimal numbers
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2023 20:36:16 -0700

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> By "its own function" I meant that we implement it in Emacs, not that
> you implement it in your personal customizations.

I see that the definition of number-at-point includes two magic regexps,
one matching hex numbers and another matching decimal numbers. Would it
make sense to move those regexps into defconsts, and then create a new
function forward-number which uses those new constants?

Joseph
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