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bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string |
Date: |
Fri, 11 Nov 2016 17:31:09 +0200 |
> Cc: tino.calancha@gmail.com, 21391@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 16:57:20 +0200
>
> On 11.11.2016 16:51, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> > Improve it by describing whatever it is that is evident from the code
> > that is not evident from the doc string.
>
> So we will enumerate how every built-in "thing" behaves?
No, we won't, not unless you and Tino say that's what you think should
be there.
> > I don't understand why. It's not like we don't have other functions
> > that can return different kinds of objects.
>
> Because there is no rhyme or reason in the current behavior, no matter
> how you want to look at it.
The reason is that it existed in this form for the last 19 years.
- bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, (continued)
- bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Dmitry Gutov, 2016/11/10
- bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/11/10
- bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Dmitry Gutov, 2016/11/10
- bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Tino Calancha, 2016/11/11
- bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/11/11
- bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Tino Calancha, 2016/11/11
- bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/11/11
- bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Dmitry Gutov, 2016/11/11
- bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/11/11
- bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Dmitry Gutov, 2016/11/11
- bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Tino Calancha, 2016/11/11
- bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/11/11
- bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Dmitry Gutov, 2016/11/13
- bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Drew Adams, 2016/11/13
- bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Andreas Röhler, 2016/11/14
- bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Drew Adams, 2016/11/14
- bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Andreas Röhler, 2016/11/16
- bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Drew Adams, 2016/11/16
- bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/11/14
- bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Andreas Röhler, 2016/11/15