GNU bug report logs - #37450
26.3; `all-completions' PREDICATE for a hash table COLLECTION

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Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 18:03:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 26.3

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 37450 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 37450 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37450: 26.3; `all-completions' PREDICATE for a hash table
 COLLECTION
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2021 08:23:59 +0100

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> Hope my bug report makes some sense in any case.
> My question seems reasonable, at least in my relative
> ignorance: why must the PREDICATE take also a VALUE
> arg when COLLECTION is a hash table?  Why isn't KEY
> lookup sufficient?

Presumably because it's more convenient sometimes?  In any case, this
interface can't be changed, because that would break a lot of code.
Closing.

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