GNU bug report logs - #16577
Add regexp-based version of completion-ignored-extensions

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Rotem Yaari <vmalloc <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:16:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 20937

Found in versions 24.3, 24.4

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: "vmalloc <at> gmail.com" <vmalloc <at> gmail.com>, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, "16577 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <16577 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#16577: [External] : bug#16577: Add regexp-based version of completion-ignored-extensions
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 17:33:10 +0000

> It's not great, indeed.  But, AFAICT something like that is the only way
> to introduce regexps into `completion-ignored-extensions`

Please don't introduce regexps into
`completion-ignored-extensions'.  This option
is designed to match file extensions literally.
And that's how it's used.  If you alternatively,
or also, need regexp matching, then add another
variable for that.

Lars claimed this:

   completion-ignored-extensions is used many
   places (and it's commonly used as a regexp)

No evidence given for that claim.  I asked for
examples of such "common" use.  None have been
cited.  Are there even _any_?
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