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Re: thing-at-point: inconsistent behaviour?
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Barry Margolin |
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Re: thing-at-point: inconsistent behaviour? |
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Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:19:06 -0400 |
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In article <a94o01FiegU1@mid.individual.net>,
Raffaele Ricciardi <rfflrccrd@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 08/16/2012 05:24 PM, Andreas Röhler wrote:
> > Not to expect is changing the computers internal state already when
> > picking an object by thing-at-point.
> > That's what is done by "intern" however.
>
> Indeed this is an undesirable side effect of `symbol-at-point' calling
> `intern'. Could `intern' be replaced with `make-symbol'?
Most applications that use symbols need interned symbols. If you're
doing something that wants an uninterned symbol, call (make-symbol
(thing-at-point 'symbol)).
--
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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- thing-at-point: inconsistent behaviour?, Raffaele Ricciardi, 2012/08/15
- Re: thing-at-point: inconsistent behaviour?, Barry Margolin, 2012/08/15
- RE: thing-at-point: inconsistent behaviour?, Drew Adams, 2012/08/15
- Re: thing-at-point: inconsistent behaviour?, Raffaele Ricciardi, 2012/08/15
- Re: thing-at-point: inconsistent behaviour?, Andreas Röhler, 2012/08/16
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- Re: thing-at-point: inconsistent behaviour?, Barry Margolin, 2012/08/16
- Re: thing-at-point: inconsistent behaviour?, Andreas Röhler, 2012/08/16
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- Re: thing-at-point: inconsistent behaviour?, Raffaele Ricciardi, 2012/08/16
- Re: thing-at-point: inconsistent behaviour?,
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- RE: thing-at-point: inconsistent behaviour?, Drew Adams, 2012/08/16
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- Re: thing-at-point: inconsistent behaviour?, Barry Margolin, 2012/08/16
- RE: thing-at-point: inconsistent behaviour?, Drew Adams, 2012/08/17
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- Re: thing-at-point: inconsistent behaviour?, Raffaele Ricciardi, 2012/08/17
- RE: thing-at-point: inconsistent behaviour?, Drew Adams, 2012/08/19