GNU bug report logs - #64656
29.0.91; Doc of minibuffer histories and completing-read - automatic addition of completions to DEFAULT list

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Message #92 received at 64656 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 "64656 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <64656 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: Re: bug#64656: 29.0.91; Doc of minibuffer histories and
 completing-read - automatic addition of completions to DEFAULT list
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 05:57:29 +0000

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> And?  That's the problem.  The completion domain
> ("initial completions") shouldn't be added to
> the `M-n' queue.  At least not by default, and
> IMHO, never automatically.  Any programmer is
> free to add anything at all to the `M-n' queue,
> including all of the initial completions, simply
> by adding it to DEFAULTS.  That's what DEFAULTS
> is for: to add to the `M-n' queue.

+1

Please consider reverting this in next release.

Thanks.


-- 
Thierry

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