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27.0.50; Minibuffer completion should not complete internal names

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Message #17 received at 30206 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 30206 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#30206: 27.0.50;
 Minibuffer completion should not complete internal names
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 22:26:01 +0200

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

>> From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 11:09:05 +0100
>> 
>> C-h f abbrev TAB
>> 
>> You'll get completions for internal functions such as abbrev--describe.
>> By default minibuffer completions shouldn't complete such internal
>> names, as users aren't supposed to use them directly.
>
> I disagree: "C-h f" is not only for users, it's also for developers.

It seemed like everybody who chimed in didn't support the suggestion, so
I'm closing this bug report.

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