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24.5; test-completion with completion-regexp-list

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Message #24 received at 23533 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: ynyaaa <at> gmail.com, 23533 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23533: 24.5; test-completion with completion-regexp-list
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2016 20:29:39 +0300

> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2016 13:14:59 -0400
> Cc: 23533 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ynyaaa <at> gmail.com
> 
> On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 4:08 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> > I'm not sure this is a bug.
> 
> I  think it's pretty clearly a bug, because the docs explain that
> test-completion takes the same arguments as all-completions and
> try-completions, which do handle an alist COLLECTION with a non-nil
> completion-regexp-list.

When code contradicts the documentation, it's not immediately clear
that the code should be fixed.

Anyway, I don't consider myself an expert on completion, so I feel
uneasy about makings this change without any of the experts voicing
their opinions on the change.

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