GNU bug report logs - #50459
28.0.50; Python shell completion is incompatible with flex, orderless, etc.

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Reported by: Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 17:53:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

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

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 50459 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#50459: 28.0.50; Python shell completion is incompatible with flex, orderless, etc.
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2021 09:11:50 +0200

Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel <at> gmail.com> writes:

Hi Augusto,

> On closer inspection (and discussion with the orderless people), the
> completion-at-point function in pyhton.el conforms to the completion API.
>
> The issue lies in the fancier completion styles, which always send the
> empty string as the STRING argument to any completion table.

FTR, a similar issue has been discussed recently for remote file names
in bug#50387.

Best regards, Michael.
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