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

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Message #62 received at 78719 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
To: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 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, 06 Jul 2025 01:04:47 +1200

On 2025-07-06 00:35, Daniel Mendler wrote:
> Only changing the return type to string is not worth the addition
> of a new function.

I can only disagree.  Wrapper functions which *eliminate all of the
awkwardness* from an API are completely worthwhile.  They make the
code using them easier to write and read and understand.

My argument from the outset has been that try-completion is not a
good API for use outside of the context of completion because of
its return values, and therefore it warrants a wrapper which makes
it nice to use (as well as easy to discover) for those situations.

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