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27.0.91; eshell file completion in tramp dir is slow (3 minutes) [regression on pretest]

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From: xristos <xristos <at> sdf.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Tim Vaughan <timv <at> ughan.xyz>, 41423 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rrandresf <at> gmail.com, Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Gregory Heytings <ghe <at> sdf.org>
Subject: bug#41423: 27.0.91; eshell file completion in tramp dir is slow (3 minutes) [regression on pretest]
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 12:07:46 -0500

On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 09:00:14 -0700 (PDT), 
Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> wrote:
> +1
>
> And it's not just a lack of doc, I think.
> The completion mechanism (e.g. minibuffer.el) is a labyrinth.

+1

I was bitten by this bug today (which is still unfixed afaict),
and since TRAMP/eshell is an important part of my daily routine I
went back to using pcomplete.

Having ran into similar completion heisenbugs in the past, I have
to say that I find the mechanism to be severely under-documented and
the code very hard to make sense of in reasonable time. A design document
that lays out the architecture and component interactions is sorely
needed. 

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