Subject: bug#65348: INITIAL-INPUT in completing-read repeats same entry twice consecutively

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 15:25:46 +0300

> From: Christopher Dimech <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked],
>  [email-masked], [email-masked]
> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 14:07:07 +0200
> 
> > There are no plans to remove INITIAL-INPUT, if that's what you are
> > asking.  We cannot possibly remove it, ever.  The argument is not
> > deprecated; its _use_ is "deprecated" (a.k.a. "discouraged"), that's
> > all.
> 
> INITIAL-INPUT is basically meant for prefilling the minibuffer with an entry.

Yes.

> Do not see anything to encourage or discourage.

The doc string and the manual explain this.

> Perhaps renaming it would be more appropriate to describe what
> actually happens ?

I see no reason to rename, as the current name describes the purpose
quite well.