Subject: bug#8634: 24.0.50; `number-at-point' returns char value for `?' constructs - 1) doc, 2) new fns

From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 17:20:44 -0800 (PST)

> > Are you saying that "M-: (number-at-point) RET" with point at ?A
> > says "nil"?
> 
> Yes.

I don't see that, in a build from 2014-02-07.  Lars, are you sure
you put point on the `?' in the text `?A', and not just on an
isolated `A' in the text?  This is about reading character
literals.