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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>, 9300@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9300: 24.0.50; `bounds-of-thing-at-point' does not return nil when just after THING
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 12:22:05 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <56CC32CD.5050906@yandex.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3a64315c-fc72-42bd-a6cf-0fa43414daa6@default>

On 02/23/2016 08:37 AM, Drew Adams wrote:

>> This would be a breaking change. For instance, it will make
>> (bounds-of-thing-at-point 'symbol) unsuitable for use in a
>> completion-at-point-functions element,
>
> Why do you think so?  Have you tried it?  It does not affect
> the behavior for THING = `symbol' at all.

Tried it, and yes it does. Otherwise, I wouldn't understand what this 
bug is about.

>> to compute the first two values of the returned list, because
>> during completion you're most often "after" the symbol.
>
> So?  Not a problem.  Put point after a symbol - you get the
> same answer as now.

You're contradicting the very title of this bug report.

> This is the design of the thingatpt code, and the reason why
> `<=' instead of `<' is a bug:
>
>    the function that is (get THING 'end-op) moves PAST the THING,
>    so that point is not on the THING.  This is true generally, no
>    matter the type of THING.

That's not a quote from thingatpt.el.





  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-02-23 10:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <<B1052724B2D446C59E233FC1BD437723@us.oracle.com>
2015-07-29  1:44 ` bug#9300: 24.0.50; `bounds-of-thing-at-point' does not return nil when just after THING Drew Adams
2016-01-15 13:33   ` Drew Adams
2016-02-23  1:01     ` Dmitry Gutov
2016-02-23  6:37       ` Drew Adams
2016-02-23  7:59         ` Andreas Röhler
2016-02-23 10:22         ` Dmitry Gutov [this message]
2016-02-23 16:15           ` Drew Adams
2016-02-24  0:52             ` Dmitry Gutov
2016-02-24  1:31               ` Drew Adams
2016-02-26  1:03                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2016-02-26  1:44                   ` Drew Adams
2016-02-26 10:15                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2016-02-26 14:39                       ` Drew Adams
2016-02-26 15:25                         ` Dmitry Gutov
2016-02-26 17:00                           ` Drew Adams
2022-04-28 11:24       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-28 15:49         ` Drew Adams
2011-08-14 22:36 Drew Adams
2016-06-20  9:21 ` Tino Calancha
2016-06-20 12:53   ` Dmitry Gutov
2016-06-20 13:11     ` Tino Calancha
2016-06-20 14:48   ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-21  3:01     ` Tino Calancha
     [not found]   ` <<8337o79arh.fsf@gnu.org>
2016-06-20 17:50     ` Drew Adams
2016-06-20 18:38       ` Andreas Röhler
2016-06-20 20:04       ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-21  6:14         ` Andreas Röhler
2016-06-21 12:50           ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-21 13:07             ` Andreas Röhler
2016-06-21 15:13               ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-21 13:31             ` Drew Adams
2016-06-21 15:16               ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-21 13:25           ` Drew Adams
     [not found]   ` <<<8337o79arh.fsf@gnu.org>
     [not found]     ` <<0e2c9c67-12a2-4712-92d2-e3c204f46838@default>
     [not found]       ` <<83twgn7hjx.fsf@gnu.org>
2016-06-20 23:34         ` Drew Adams
2016-06-20 23:59           ` Noam Postavsky
2016-06-21  0:47             ` Drew Adams

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