Re: symbol-at-point

[martin rudalics]

[...]
> 1.36         (monnier  04-Jul-06):     (if thing (intern thing))))
[...]
>
> and `L' prints the same entry as in lisp/ChangeLog:
>
> ,----[ lisp/ChangeLog ]
> | 2006-07-04  Stefan Monnier  <address@hidden>
> |
> |  * thingatpt.el (symbol-at-point): Don't use `form-at-point' which
> |  fails if the symbol contains chars like ( or '.
> |  (bounds-of-thing-at-point): Remove unused vars `end' and `beg'.
> |  (thing-at-point-bounds-of-url-at-point): Remove unused vars `url' and
> |  `short'.
> `----

That entry explains why it doesn't use `form-at-point'.  I missed the
rationale for using `intern'.