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29.0.60; Regression - pcomplete-arg fails with argument 'last

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Message #41 received at 60464 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
Cc: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 60464 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#60464: 29.0.60; Regression - pcomplete-arg fails with
 argument 'last
Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2023 12:57:10 -0500

> After working a bit more on this bug, I concluded that what Stefan initially
> suggested, to use the string representation of the value, is safer than
> trying to extract the string corresponding to the argument that the user
> typed in from the command line.

Could you expand on when/where it's "unsafe" or what it breaks?


        Stefan

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