GNU bug report logs - #60252
29.0.60; help-fns--describe-function-or-command-prompt asks for confirmation

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Message #20 received at 60252 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rudalics <at> gmx.at, 60252 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60252: 29.0.60;
 help-fns--describe-function-or-command-prompt asks for confirmation
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 11:48:13 -0500

> I'm actually wondering why Martin considers this a backward
> incompatibility.  set-face-a cannot be uniquely completed to a single
> function name, since there are 3 completion candidates.

But it can be completed to a string which is an exact match.

> So it sounds like the Emacs 28 behavior was actually a bug,

Whether it was the right behavior or not can be argued, but that's how
"must match" has behaved for many many years (probably at least since
Emacs-19), AFAIK.

> which is now fixed?

We may as well revert that part of my patch.


        Stefan

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