GNU bug report logs - #36260
27.0.50; isearchb should be reimplemented without iswitchb

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 36260 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36260: 27.0.50;
 isearchb should be reimplemented without iswitchb
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 22:56:04 -0400

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  > iswitchb is an obsolete package, but isearchb is implemented on top of
  > it.  It should be possible to reimplement it on top of any of the
  > un-obsoleted completion packages (like ido), but it's a complete
  > reimplementation:

We could declare isearchb obsolete.
We could declare iswitchb not obsolete.

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