GNU bug report logs - #78719
30.1; [PATCH] Add functions `string-common-prefix' and `string-try-completion'

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Message #53 received at 78719 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>, juri <at> linkov.net,
 monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, drew.adams <at> oracle.com, 78719 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78719: 30.1; [PATCH] Add functions `string-common-prefix'
 and `string-try-completion'
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2025 09:48:59 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> So maybe we should make this API simpler, so it could do its main job
> without requiring such a large and complicated doc string, and leave
> the rest to try-completion?

+1 Yes, I had argued this before. The only additional argument should be
IGNORE-CASE.

(string-common-prefix COLLECTION &optional IGNORE-CASE)

All more complicated use cases could be left to `try-completion'.

> Thanks.

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