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From: Jens-Ulrik Holger Petersen <petersen@kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
Date: 24 Sep 1997 14:49:40 +0900
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`thing-symbol' in "util/thing.elc" is giving me the following
backtrace, when I do

	M-: (thing-symbol (point)) RET

on some whitespace.

---- Start of included text -----------------------8<--- cut here -------------
Signaling: (wrong-type-argument characterp nil)
  thing-symbol(8340)
  eval((thing-symbol (point)))
  #<compiled-function (from "simple.elc") (expression) "...(16)" [eval expression values prin1 t] 3 679902 (list (read-from-minibuffer "Eval: " nil read-expression-map t ...))>((thing-symbol (point)))
  call-interactively(eval-expression)
---- End of included text -------------------------8<--- and here -------------

When I load in "thing.el" instead, there is no problem.  Eg this
occurs when I try to `find-tag' ("etags.el" now requires 'thing).

Maybe I should "make beta"?

-- 
Jens
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