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

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Message #44 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 13:02:37 -0500

>> I believe you that doing this correctly is non trivial. But this doesn't
>> justify going with your hack.
> It's extracting the correct part of the command line string that is hacky,
> too hacky to my taste.

I wouldn't be surprised if it's difficult/impossible, indeed.
But the question is: when/where does it matter whether we really return
the "correct" part?

In my experience, there are some fundamental mismatches in the Pcomplete
API which we can't fix without a serious redesign, so until we do that
we have to live with "best effort" :-(


        Stefan

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