GNU bug report logs - #55491
All completion fragments get added to obarray

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Message #17 received at 55491 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: JD Smith <jdtsmith <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 55491 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55491: All completion fragments get added to obarray
Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 13:07:28 +0200

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

> I think it's "always" been like this, so it may be unlikely to be
> changed.  But I have to admit that I have no idea why completion is
> interning stuff.  Does anybody know?  It does seem counter intuitive.

And as you pointed out -- `intern' itself doesn't seem to be actually
called by the completion machinery -- I tested under gdb just to make
sure.

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