GNU bug report logs - #21644
24.4; completing-read acts differently on functional collection

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Ryan C. Thompson" <rct <at> thompsonclan.org>

Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 22:57:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.4

Done: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 21644 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Ryan C. Thompson" <rct <at> thompsonclan.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>, Oleh Krehel <ohwoeowho <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 21644 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21644: 24.4; completing-read acts differently on functional
 collection
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 11:59:59 -0700


On 10/12/2015 07:27 PM, Dmitry Gutov wrote:
> On 10/13/2015 04:34 AM, Ryan wrote:
>
>> I wasn't aware of `test-completion'. I was going based on the docstring
>> for `completing-read', which only mentions `try-completion' and
>> `all-completions'.
>
> Maybe it should mention test-completion as well. 
> completion-table-with-predicate does.
>
>> Is there any other documentation I should have
>> consulted?
>
> (info "(elisp) Programmed Completion") or
> (info "(elisp) Basic Completion"), probably.
Maybe the `completing-read' docstring should link to these info nodes.
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