GNU bug report logs - #8667
24.0.50; `bounds-of-thing-at-point' returns (N . N) for `comment'

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Message #20 received at 8667 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Stefan Monnier'" <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 8667 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#8667: 24.0.50;
	`bounds-of-thing-at-point' returns (N . N) for `comment'
Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 09:11:07 -0700

> I think `forward-whitespace' is incorrect: \n should be \n+, like this:
> 
> (defun forward-whitespace (arg)
>   (interactive "p")
>   (if (natnump arg)
>       (re-search-forward "[ \t]+\\|\n+" nil 'move arg)
>     (while (< arg 0)
>       (if (re-search-backward "[ \t]+\\|\n+" nil 'move)
> 	  (or (eq (char-after (match-beginning 0)) 10)
> 	      (skip-chars-backward " \t")))
>       (setq arg (1+ arg)))))

Note too that `forward-whitespace' is not currently used anywhere in the Emacs
source files.  Can we please make this change, so that it always moves over all
contiguous whitespace and so takes point up to a non-whitespace char (or eob)?

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