Re: [External] : (bounds-of-thing-at-point 'number) ⇒ nil

[Emanuel Berg]

Drew Adams wrote:

>> You got it to work with the alternative
>> package, thingatpt+?
>
> Got what to work?  thingatpt+.el isn't an
> alternative in the sense that it replaces
> thingatpt.el.  It fixes and extends stuff
> in the latter.  It builds on it.

Okay, alternative function then.

>> (yuk! the plus sign)
>
> In my case the + means it extends that
> library, and requires it.

Okay, but it still doesn't look good is all I'm saying.

As for what is `require'd no need to communicate that to
anyone since it is handled by/in library+'s source ...

> (I've even had a couple libraries with suffix - instead of
> +, where - means load before the library to be extended, and
> + means load after it.)

A clever little game in your mind and by all means, but it
doesn't look good and with the hyphen-minus it looks even
worse since that is used as our beloved
lisp-word-separator ...

And there is no need to communicate any of that, anything
should be possible to load at any time and if at that point
further loading is ... required then that is all handled in
that pack's source, nothing to bother the mere user with since
s/he isn't even doing it.

Or they are not redefining each other's stuff, are they?

>> Should be added to the main package ...
>
> Tell that to the package maintainers. I've tried.

Okay, what did they say?

Do it! Then we can remove the annoying signs as well.
Problem solved :)

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