Re: Adding email address support to thingatpt.el.

[Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com>]

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> I haven't followed all of this, and I have no special knowledge of this. It
> sounds as if:
>
> - The spec allows stuff that most people don't use, and that many people and
> programs try to interpret as delimiters.
>
> - If the code fits the spec completely, then many users would be
> inconvenienced.
>
> - If the code doesn't fit the spec completely, then some people will
> complain and file bugs.
>
> Why not have the code do both, with a user option to choose the behavior you
> want? Then pick the default value of the option to inconvenience the fewest
> users.

Sounds like the best plan to me, given that we must compromise between
opposing needs here.