GNU bug report logs - #65459
completing-read INITIAL-VALUE unaware of COLLECTION and REQUIRE-MATCH

Previous Next

Full log

Message #89 received at 65459 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
Cc: 65459 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 Heime <heimeborgia <at> protonmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#65459: completing-read INITIAL-VALUE unaware of COLLECTION
 and REQUIRE-MATCH
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2023 10:27:42 -0400

>> I guess we really should work on a replacement for `completing-read`, eh?
> Why should we replace it?  Can't we just add another function, alongside
> completing-read-default and completing-read-multiple, using the short POC
> code I sent as a starting point?

That's what I meant by "replacement" (I'd expect new code to use that new
function instead of the other, so one "replaces" the other).


        Stefan

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.