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24.5; ispell-change-dictionary suggests non-existent dicts (aspell)

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Message #18 received at 24050 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 24050 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, olejorgenb <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#24050: 24.5; ispell-change-dictionary suggests non-existent
 dicts (aspell)
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 16:25:39 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> I think this is a mistake, and should be reverted.  It prevents users
> from telling ispell.el to switch to a dictionary that aspell/hunspell
> didn't return in the list.  That's a regression.
>
> The OP's suggestion would make sense if the list created by that
> function was only used for completion.  However, in fact we also force
> the user to specify a dictionary from the list, i.e. the selection
> must match one of the members of the list.  So this change is for the
> worse.

OK; I can revert, but I don't quite understand your objection.  If you
choose a dictionary that's not in the list aspell/hunspell returned, the
next time you hit `M-$' you'll just get an error message.  I don't
understand the utility of having ispell let you make make a choice
that'll lead to an inevitable error.

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