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28.1.50; completion--replace illegally mutates completion candidates

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Message #41 received at 55205 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>, 55205 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55205: 28.1.50; completion--replace illegally mutates
 completion candidates
Date: Sun, 01 May 2022 13:36:11 -0400

Lars Ingebrigtsen [2022-05-01 19:26:58] wrote:
> Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>>> I don't remember why we're doing that, but I seem to vaguely recall that
>>> there's a reason...  Anybody?
>>
>> I'm pretty sure there's a reason, and I'm pretty sure this reason is
>> "sloppiness".  I blame the author of commit 1d00653d9e (and the author
>> of commit 14486c44 might be considered as an accessory to the crime).
>
> Is there no way to let the text properties survive completion?  Because
> that's also come up more than a few times.

Not sure what you mean by that.
I suspect that the details depend a lot on where the completion string
comes from.  Already the current code's check for
`minibuffer-allow-text-properties` seems too coarse since it is used
even when the completion is inserted into a normal buffer.


        Stefan

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