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[PATCH] Use `completion-table-with-metadata'

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>
Cc: 74865 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#74865: [PATCH] Use `completion-table-with-metadata'
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 21:13:25 +0200

>> Also it could be used in `read-char-by-name' as well.
>
> Yes, there are certainly more use cases. I didn't use it for
> `read-char-by-name' since this would change the caching behavior
> slightly. The character names would be loaded a little bit earlier,
> which would slow down the initialization of `read-char-by-name'.

Maybe the caching behavior could be preserved by turning
`completion-table-with-metadata' into a macro?

>> Maybe `completion-table-with-metadata' should be announced
>> in the "Lisp Changes" section of etc/NEWS?
>
> Yes, please go ahead adding it to the NEWS. I will backport the function
> also via Compat.

Ok, now added to NEWS.

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