GNU bug report logs - #14680
24.3.50; `locate-file-completion' gives wrong candidates - *.elc.elc and no *.el

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 21:16:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, unreproducible

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 14680 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14680: 24.3.50; `locate-file-completion' gives wrong candidates - *.elc.elc and no *.el
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:01:40 -0700 (PDT)

> > Add files named isearch+.el, isearch+.el~, and isearch+.elc to the
> > current directory, then (add-to-list 'load-path ".")  Then eval this:
> [...]
> 
> So I'm unable to reproduce this error.  Is this from -Q?

Yes, it is reproducible (on MS Windows, at least), using (at least)
Emacs 24 and an Emacs 25 build of a month or so ago.

However, the recipe should have said to do this also, before 
evaluating the `completing-read' sexp:

(load-library "find-func")
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