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

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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: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.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 12:44:44 +0100

On Okt 28 2020, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:

> Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> writes:
>
>> The case always matches one of the candidates.
>
> Yes.  An arbitrary candidate (well, the first one, but it's not
> documented, which means that it's arbitrary).

It is not nessesary to document each and every implementation detail.
That makes it difficult to change the implementation later, and it also
unduly restricts the way a collection function can handle that
situation.

Andreas.

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