Re: [External] : Re: What is the difference between `current-word' and `word-at-point'?

[Philip Kaludercic]

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>> I suppose that word-at-point is a simple extension of the thing-at-point
>> mechanism, that uses forward-word instead of the syntax table.
>
> <nit>The doc of `word-at-point' suggests that it
> respects the syntax table.</nit>

Uh, yes that was unclear. forward-word says

        The word boundaries are normally determined by the buffer’s syntax
        table and character script (according to ‘char-script-table’), but
        ‘find-word-boundary-function-table’, such as set up by ‘subword-mode’,
        can change that.

so obviously it falls back onto the syntax table.

-- 
        Philip K.