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read-file-name unexpected behavior when MUSTMATCH is a function

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Message #101 received at 66187 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, philipk <at> posteo.net, joseph <at> breatheoutbreathe.in,
 monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 66187 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [External] : bug#66187: read-file-name unexpected behavior when
 MUSTMATCH is a function
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2023 07:47:58 +0300

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> CC: "michael_heerdegen <at> web.de" <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>,
>         "philipk <at> posteo.net" <philipk <at> posteo.net>,
>         "66187 <at> debbugs.gnu.org"
> 	<66187 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
>         Joseph Turner <joseph <at> breatheoutbreathe.in>
> Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2023 20:20:46 +0000
> 
> > The use of a function as `require-match` is
> > brand new in Emacs-29, so I think it's not
> > too late to fix it.  I think rather than
> > fixing the doc we should fix the behavior 
> 
> If it's not too late to fix what was introduced
> in Emacs 29

That is not yet established.

> then how about not breaking the
> behavior of REQUIRE-MATCH at all, and instead
> just add a separate argument for what a function
> value of REQUIRE-MATCH does in 29.1?

That is definitely not a change suitable for Emacs 29 at this point.

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