> From: Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@posteo.net> > Cc: jporterb...@gmail.com, stefankan...@gmail.com, emacs-de...@gnu.org, > emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2024 12:38:19 +0000 > > Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org> writes: > > > I think we do want to allow extending of this, but doesn't > > thingatpt.el already provide such capabilities? For example, I see > > this in bounds-of-thing-at-point: > > ... > > (cond > > ((get thing 'bounds-of-thing-at-point) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > (funcall (get thing 'bounds-of-thing-at-point))) > > > > Doesn't this provide the extension capabilities you are looking for? > > If not, why not? > > Unlike `thing-at-point-provider-alist', which can be buffer-local, > symbol property is always global and setting it would override other > thing providers. > > Note how `thing-at-point' uses > > (cond > ((let ((alist thing-at-point-provider-alist) > elt result) > (while (and alist (null result)) > (setq elt (car alist) > alist (cdr alist)) > (and (eq (car elt) thing) > (setq result (funcall (cdr elt))))) > result)) > ((get thing 'thing-at-point) > (funcall (get thing 'thing-at-point))) > > checking `thing-at-point-provider-alist' and only then falling back to > `get'. What I am proposing is to add the equivalent alists for other > operators used by thingatpt.el.
I guess it's fine, then. But we probably should have such alists in all the other thingatpt methods as well.
