GNU bug report logs - #36945
27.0.50; read-library-name

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Reported by: Fabrice Popineau <fabrice.popineau <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2019 09:49:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 27.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 36945 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, fabrice.popineau <at> gmail.com, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: bug#36945: 27.0.50; read-library-name
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 17:48:19 +0300

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 14:32:58 +0200
> Cc: 36945 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Fabrice Popineau <fabrice.popineau <at> gmail.com>
> 
> Hm...  perhaps the function is just misnamed.  When I want to find a
> library, I really do want to complete over the library's name, and
> nothing else.

Since load-library must support the use case when the user forces to
load the .el file, not the .elc file, read-library-name must allow
library names with extensions, I think.  IOW, the "library" in this
context is just the basename of its file name, with or without the
extension.
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