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(forward-thing 'number) doesn't work with decimal numbers

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Message #44 received at 64739 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Joseph Turner <joseph <at> breatheoutbreathe.in>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 64739 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, winkler <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64739: (forward-thing 'number) doesn't work with decimal
 numbers
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2023 16:01:06 -0700

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> FWIW, I've always found the `thingatpt.el` library to be ..hmm.. wobbly?
> I'd welcome someone investing time to straighten it up (maybe
> starting by extending it so it can return "thing around region" and use
> that as the basis for "at point").

Would you elaborate on this design idea?

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