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28.1.50; completion--replace illegally mutates completion candidates

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 55205 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#55205: 28.1.50; completion--replace illegally mutates completion candidates
Date: Sun, 01 May 2022 21:07:07 +0200

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

> Yes. Just disambiguate the candidate strings. For example in the imdb
> use case, you could append the year when the movie appeared.

Like I said, there's sometimes several movies the same year with the
same name.

> You would necessarily have to start a *selection process*,
> e.g., by opening the Completions buffer or by rotating the candidate
> list in Icomplete.

Yes, completion is impossible here, so the user has to select between
textually identical options.  But that's OK and an intuitive interface.

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