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28.0.90; completion--nth-completion: Throw a meaningful error

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>

Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 20:14:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.0.90

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

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From: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 53012 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#53012: 28.0.90; completion--nth-completion: Throw a meaningful error
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2022 01:42:19 +0100

On 1/5/22 1:19 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Daniel Mendler [2022-01-04 21:12:47] wrote:
>> In the context of the GNU ELPA Vertico/Mct/Orderless/Embark ecosystem we
>> teach users to adjust the completion style. Unfortunately
>> completion--nth-completion is not very robust against misconfiguration.
>> I propose to throw a more meaningful error instead of the nil error.
> 
> Thanks, looks good.
> Pushed to `master`.

Thanks!
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