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24.4: read-from-minibuffer improperly setting hist parameter

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 20063 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>
Subject: Re: bug#20063: 24.4: read-from-minibuffer improperly setting hist
 parameter
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2022 10:13:19 +0100

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Nil means use the default history list. Eg see "Minibuffer History" in
> the elisp manual:
>
>   If you don't specify HISTORY, then the default history list
>   `minibuffer-history' is used.
>
> I don't see a bug here, other than perhaps the doc of completing-read
> could stand to be more explicit, like the elisp manual is.

I've now added this to the doc string in Emacs 29.  I see that the t
meaning of HIST has already been added to the doc string, so I don't
think there's anything further to do here, and I'm closing this bug
report.

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