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27.1; Regression in `find-library'

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Message #18 received at 43385 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 43385 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#43385: 27.1; Regression in `find-library'
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 17:48:17 +0300

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 01:25:01 +0200
> Cc: 43385 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:
> 
> > emacs -Q
> >
> > M-x find-library RET mouse. TAB
> >
> > No match.  It should show mouse.el and mouse.elc as completions.
> 
> No, it shouldn't -- it should complete over library names, and the
> library name is "mouse", not "mouse.el" or "mouse.elc".

So you think this change from what Emacs 26.3 did is intentional?  Is
there some NEWS item to describe it?  And which change modified this
behavior?

In general, "M-x load-library RET" definitely does accept mouse.el, so
I'm not sure the current behavior is correct, or even intentional.

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