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Re: text-property-any
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Stephen Berman |
Subject: |
Re: text-property-any |
Date: |
Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:51:19 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:51:56 -0500 Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote:
>> The value of (text-property-any start end 'foo "bar") is always nil,
>> because text-property-any in effect uses `eq' to check property values.
>> Would there be bad consequences if it used `equal' instead?
>
> There are places where code expects properties to be compared with
> `eq', yes. So we could add what you're requesting, but only as
> an option. E.g. add a "compare-function" option that can default to
> `eq' but can be set to anything else you fancy.
Sounds like a good idea.
Steve Berman