On 2011-11-18 09:47 +0800, Stefan Monnier wrote:
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> Yup: the bug is not in the rear-stickiness but in the mere presence of
> this face.  I.e. the fix is to strip these faces when used for
> completion (but of course keep them when used for *Completions* display).
>
>
>         Stefan

On 2011-12-01 23:57 +0800, Stefan Monnier wrote:
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> I guess it could make sense to keep the face on the inserted text while
> you're still cycling, but it should be removed afterwards.  And since
> the transition between "cycling" and "not cycling" is not explicit,
> you'd then need/want to remove the face from something like
> a pre-command-hook.
>
>
>         Stefan

Hello Stefan,

I have been using completion with completion-cycle-threshold set to 4
and I have been annoyed often enough that I think it is worthwhile to
fix this bug because it often leaves my buffer weirdly fontified. For
example in elisp, `defma' can complete to `defmacro' unfontified.