GNU bug report logs - #27158
25.2; Eliminating old usage of completing-read from built-in files

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ryan <rct <at> thompsonclan.org>

Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 04:43:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 25.2

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 27158 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, Ryan <rct <at> thompsonclan.org>,
 27158 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27158: 25.2; Eliminating old usage of completing-read from
 built-in files
Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 15:23:00 +0300

On 5/31/17 8:52 AM, Drew Adams wrote:

> Would you make a default arg be mandatory instead of optional?
> Is that it?  If not, what default default would you propose?

It's not necessary.

> What should be returned if no explicit default is provided and
> the user hits RET with no input?

Prohibit them from finishing completion, except through entering a valid 
value, or pressing C-g.

> IN any case, nothing stops someone from defining their own
> `my-completing-read', which does not have this feature, er,
> quirk.  I don't see the problem.

That doesn't help if we want to augment completing-read-function and all 
packages using it.
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