Subject: RE: bug#16208: 24.3.50; `locate-file-completion-table' uses NAMES with duplicates

From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 07:16:13 -0800 (PST)

> > Why should `completion-all-completions' with
> > `locate-file-completion-table' return duplicate names?
> > 
> > You may say that whatever someone decides to do with the result
> > from `completion-all-completions' is not your concern.  But why?
> 
> Because it doesn't matter, since it's filtered later on

It's not filtered by `completion-all-completions' with
`locate-file-completion-table'.

So you are apparently saying that there is only one possible use
and calling function for `completion-all-completions' with
`locate-file-completion-table', so that indeed:

> > whatever someone decides to do with the result
> > from `completion-all-completions' is not your concern

Not very helpful, or cooperative.