From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 22:02:04 +0200 Message-ID: <83mvhbgitf.fsf@gnu.org> References: <0a68c2ae-0940-4e2c-8b3c-1faceb45c43c@default> <1773ab35-70b1-42f9-8a8b-fe07881487d1@default> <874m3krnb6.fsf_-_@gmail.com> <83a8dbiaps.fsf@gnu.org> <83pom7gjhl.fsf@gnu.org> <0a8d76e4-4d1b-a26d-2b76-a2d9384d9f72@yandex.ru> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1478548939 8543 195.159.176.226 (7 Nov 2016 20:02:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 20:02:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: tino.calancha@gmail.com, 21391@debbugs.gnu.org To: Dmitry Gutov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 07 21:02:15 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c3q7M-00010z-PD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 21:02:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56300 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c3q7P-0008Ia-Ru for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 15:02:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34688) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c3q7J-0008IJ-Pq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 15:02:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c3q7G-0002gh-Lm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 15:02:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:33318) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c3q7G-0002gd-Iy for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 15:02:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c3q7G-0005ZO-9y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 15:02:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 20:02:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 21391 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 21391-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B21391.147854890821386 (code B ref 21391); Mon, 07 Nov 2016 20:02:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 21391) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Nov 2016 20:01:48 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48717 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c3q72-0005Yr-IS for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 15:01:48 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:43657) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c3q71-0005Yd-5l for 21391@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 15:01:47 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c3q6s-0002dy-R5 for 21391@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 15:01:42 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:41777) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c3q6s-0002du-No; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 15:01:38 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2421 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1c3q6r-0007DL-3I; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 15:01:38 -0500 In-reply-to: <0a8d76e4-4d1b-a26d-2b76-a2d9384d9f72@yandex.ru> (message from Dmitry Gutov on Mon, 7 Nov 2016 21:51:23 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:125443 Archived-At: > Cc: tino.calancha@gmail.com, 21391@debbugs.gnu.org > From: Dmitry Gutov > Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 21:51:23 +0200 > > >> It's pretty clearly a bug: most other "things" behave otherwise (list, > >> sexp, symbol). I'd very much rather we didn't retain conceptual problems > >> like that just for the sake of compatibility. > > > > Not sure which behavior you have in mind. The removal of properties? > > Or something else? > > Returning something other than a string or nil from thing-at-point. Didn't the function behave that way for quite some time? If so, how come it's suddenly a problem?