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

[Philip Kaludercic]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
>> Cc: 64733@debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 08:42:15 +0000
>> 
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> 
>> >> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
>> >> Cc: 64733@debbugs.gnu.org
>> >> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 06:57:17 +0000
>> >> 
>> >> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> >> 
>> >> > This is for master, right?
>> >> 
>> >> I actually had indented for this and bug#64664 to be applied onto
>> >> emacs-29.
>> >
>> > Why are these important enough to install on the release branch?  Did
>> > the behavior change in Emacs 29?
>> 
>> I assumed so, but on checking both of these issues exist since Emacs 28.
>> That being said, the fact that (thing-at-point 'string) raises an
>> (avoidable) error seems to be something that shouldn't be the case, but
>> I don't know if that warrants applying this patch at this late stage.
>
> Let's install these on master, and maybe consider backporting then
> after Emacs 29.1 is released.

Wasn't the plan to wait for others to comment.  Or has enough time passed?

> Thanks.