GNU bug report logs - #39484
26.3; try-completion bug

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Wanrong Lin <wrglin <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 15:46:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.3

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Wanrong Lin <wrglin <at> gmail.com>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 39484 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#39484: 26.3; try-completion bug
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:35:05 +0100

Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> writes:

> On Okt 27 2020, Wanrong Lin wrote:
>
>> The answer is not bad, matching at least one of the candidates. That makes
>> the answer to my original example even more odd:
>> (let ((completion-ignore-case t))
>>        (try-completion "xyz" '("XyzD" "XyzAbc"))
>>        )
>> ==> "xyz"
>
> That also matches one of the candidates (since case doesn't matter).

It does, but it's weird.  I mean, this pair of return values don't make
sense on any level:

(let ((completion-ignore-case t))
  (try-completion "xyz" '("XyzaD" "XyZabc")))
=> "Xyza"

(let ((completion-ignore-case t))
  (try-completion "xyz" '("XyZbD" "XyZabc")))
=> "xyz"  

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