bug#64733: [PATCH] ; Handle string-at-point at end of buffer gracefully

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2023 18:51:05 +0000
> 
> Evaluating (thing-at-point 'string) at the end of a buffer raises an
> error:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument characterp nil)
>   char-syntax(nil)
>   (eq (char-syntax (char-after)) 34)
>   (if (eq (char-syntax (char-after)) 34) (let ((bound 
> (bounds-of-thing-at-point 'sexp))) (and bound (<= (car bound) (point)) (< 
> (point) (cdr bound)) bound)))
>   (if (nth 3 ppss) (condition-case nil (progn (goto-char (nth 8 ppss)) (cons 
> (point) (progn (forward-sexp) (point)))) (error nil)) (if (eq (char-syntax 
> (char-after)) 34) (let ((bound (bounds-of-thing-at-point 'sexp))) (and bound 
> (<= (car bound) (point)) (< (point) (cdr bound)) bound))))
>   (let ((ppss (syntax-ppss))) (if (nth 3 ppss) (condition-case nil (progn 
> (goto-char (nth 8 ppss)) (cons (point) (progn (forward-sexp) (point)))) 
> (error nil)) (if (eq (char-syntax (char-after)) 34) (let ((bound 
> (bounds-of-thing-at-point 'sexp))) (and bound (<= (car bound) (point)) (< 
> (point) (cdr bound)) bound)))))
>   (save-excursion (let ((ppss (syntax-ppss))) (if (nth 3 ppss) 
> (condition-case nil (progn (goto-char (nth 8 ppss)) (cons (point) (progn 
> (forward-sexp) (point)))) (error nil)) (if (eq (char-syntax (char-after)) 34) 
> (let ((bound (bounds-of-thing-at-point ...))) (and bound (<= (car bound) 
> (point)) (< (point) (cdr bound)) bound))))))
>   thing-at-point-bounds-of-string-at-point()
>   funcall(thing-at-point-bounds-of-string-at-point)
>   (cond ((get thing 'bounds-of-thing-at-point) (funcall (get thing 
> 'bounds-of-thing-at-point))) ((and (not (eq thing 'whitespace)) 
> (save-excursion (goto-char (point-min)) (not (re-search-forward "[^\11\n ]" 
> nil t)))) nil) (t (let ((orig (point))) (condition-case nil (progn 
> (save-excursion (funcall (or ... ...)) (funcall (or ... ...)) (let (...) (if 
> ... ... ... ... ... ...)))) (error nil)))))
>   bounds-of-thing-at-point(string)
>   (let ((bounds (bounds-of-thing-at-point thing))) (if bounds (progn 
> (buffer-substring (car bounds) (cdr bounds)))))
>   (cond ((let* ((--cl-var-- thing-at-point-provider-alist) #'nil (pthing nil) 
> (result nil) (--cl-var-- t) (--cl-var-- t) --cl-var--) (while (and (consp 
> --cl-var--) (progn (progn (setq function ...) (setq pthing ...)) (if (eq 
> pthing thing) (progn ...)) (if result (progn ... ...) t))) (setq --cl-var-- 
> (cdr --cl-var--)) (setq --cl-var-- nil)) --cl-var--)) ((get thing 
> 'thing-at-point) (funcall (get thing 'thing-at-point))) (t (let ((bounds 
> (bounds-of-thing-at-point thing))) (if bounds (progn (buffer-substring (car 
> bounds) (cdr bounds)))))))
>   (let ((text (cond ((let* ((--cl-var-- thing-at-point-provider-alist) #'nil 
> (pthing nil) (result nil) (--cl-var-- t) (--cl-var-- t) --cl-var--) (while 
> (and ... ...) (setq --cl-var-- ...) (setq --cl-var-- nil)) --cl-var--)) ((get 
> thing 'thing-at-point) (funcall (get thing 'thing-at-point))) (t (let 
> ((bounds ...)) (if bounds (progn ...))))))) (if (and text no-properties 
> (sequencep text)) (progn (set-text-properties 0 (length text) nil text))) 
> text)
>   thing-at-point(string)
>   eval-expression((thing-at-point 'string) nil nil 127)
>   funcall-interactively(eval-expression (thing-at-point 'string) nil nil 127)
>   command-execute(eval-expression)
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> In this case it is easy to avoid it, with the below patch, by ensuring
> that `char-syntax' is not passed a nil.

Thanks, but could you rewrite so as not to call char-after more than
once?