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30.0.50; history-add-new-input and recursive minibuffers

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From: Eshel Yaron <me <at> eshelyaron.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 30.0.50; history-add-new-input and recursive minibuffers
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2024 16:54:43 +0100

1. emacs -Q
2. (setq enable-recursive-minibuffers t)
3. M-y
4. In the minibuffer (with the prompt "Yank from kill-ring: "),
   type M-x calendar RET (or any other command).
5. M-x M-p
   Expected: "calendar" is inserted in the minibuffer.
   Observed: error saying "Beginning of history; no preceding item".

The problem is that the minibuffer history of M-x isn't recorded when
you invoke M-x from within the minibuffer of read-from-kill-ring (M-y).
The reason is that read-from-kill-ring let binds history-add-new-input,
and that affects all recursive minibuffers as well, so no minibuffer
history is recorded until you exit the first (non-recursive) minibuffer.

AFAICT This issue affects all uses history-add-new-input, unfortunately,
not only read-from-kill-ring, since it's always used via let-bindings.

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