bug#35491: Subject: 27.0.50; word-at-point, hand over optional argument

["Andreas Röhler" <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>]

On 08.05.19 00:20, Noam Postavsky wrote:
> Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de> writes:
>
>> please permit ‘word-at-point’ to hand over optional arg ‘no-properties’
>>
>> ‘thing-at-point’ comes with an optional argument ‘no-properties’.
>> Seems there is no way to set it from calling ‘word-at-point’.
>>
>> With attached patch:
>>
>> (setq a (word-at-point t))foo
>>
>> a ==> "foo"
>>
>> ;; current constraint:
>> (setq b (word-at-point))foo
>>
>> b ==> #("foo" 0 2 (fontified t) 2 3 (fontified t rear-nonsticky t))
> Sure, I guess there's no reason not to.  Any problems with the patch
> below?  (I avoided looking at yours since I recall you have some
> philosophical/legal objection to signing copyright papers)
>
Looks good for me, thanks considering related cases too.