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26.0.50; Can't autocomplete symbol names ending in ?

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From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
To: 25441-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25441: 26.0.50; Can't autocomplete symbol names ending in ?
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 18:07:52 +0000

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Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com> schrieb am Fr., 13. Jan. 2017 um
19:04 Uhr:

>
> In *scratch*, write
>
> (defun foo? ())
>
> and hit C-j to evaluate the definition.  Then, try to display the help
> screen of foo? using C-h f foo? RET.  The minibuffer won't let you enter
> ? or auto-complete foo to foo?, even though ? can be part of a symbol.
>

I've just found that the Emacs manual documents this behavior (? prints a
list of possible completions). Given that ? can only have one function, and
the current one does make sense, this behavior is rather a design choice
than a bug. Closing.

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