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uniquify can select non-unique prefix

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Message #8 received at 41536 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: ydirson <at> free.fr
Cc: 41536 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41536: uniquify can select non-unique prefix
Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 17:32:04 -0400

ydirson <at> free.fr writes:

> In my case the "y" level is even a python package for modules containing abstract
> classes, call it "lib" -- you'll understand that "lib/foo.py" is not really
> helpful, when other packages could have a module of the same name in a "lib/"
> subpackage.

I agree this can be annoying in many cases, but how do you expect Emacs
to know which directory names should be considered?  Have a backlist of
"too generic" words like "lib", "utils", "config", etc?

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