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30.0.50; [forward/kill/etc]-sexp commands do not behave as expected in tree-sitter modes

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From: Yuan Fu <casouri <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Theodor Thornhill <theo <at> thornhill.no>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Mickey Petersen <mickey <at> masteringemacs.org>, 73404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: bug#73404: 30.0.50; [forward/kill/etc]-sexp commands do not behave as expected in tree-sitter modes
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2025 00:56:41 -0800

> On Jan 5, 2025, at 6:40 AM, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> 
>> I admit that hard-coding one symbol is not the right thing to do.
>> So here is a better patch that checks for the symbol property:
> 
> That's better but I still wonder why we don't want to use a keyword.
> 
> 
>        Stefan
> 

My impression is that Elisp has “traditionally” used symbols? Like symbol properties, text properties, thing-at-point, etc. Keywords are really only seen in plists, face attributes, and keyword arguments, all of which involves a key-value relationship.

Yuan

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