GNU bug report logs - #55205
28.1.50; completion--replace illegally mutates completion candidates

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Message #47 received at 55205 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
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 19:48:16 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> 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.

I mean -- don't alter any of the strings the completion machinery is
fed, but return them as is.

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