From: Stephen Berman <Stephen.Berman@gmx.net>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: text-property-any
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:51:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zlutr02g.fsf@escher.local.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: jwvy7adlx9i.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:51:56 -0500 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>> The value of (text-property-any start end 'foo "bar") is always nil,
>> because text-property-any in effect uses `eq' to check property values.
>> Would there be bad consequences if it used `equal' instead?
>
> There are places where code expects properties to be compared with
> `eq', yes. So we could add what you're requesting, but only as
> an option. E.g. add a "compare-function" option that can default to
> `eq' but can be set to anything else you fancy.
Sounds like a good idea.
Steve Berman
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-01-25 22:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-01-25 15:12 text-property-any Stephen Berman
2008-01-25 15:51 ` text-property-any Stefan Monnier
2008-01-25 22:51 ` Stephen Berman [this message]
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2014-06-20 7:02 text-property-any Bois Francois-Xavier
2014-06-20 12:58 ` text-property-any Stefan Monnier
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