GNU bug report logs - #8795
24.0.50; `completion-try-completion' addition of METADATA arg

Previous Next

Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 17:46:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log

Message #11 received at 8795 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 8795 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8795: 24.0.50;
	`completion-try-completion' addition of METADATA arg
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:49:13 -0300

> 1. The addition of arg METADATA, without making it optional, breaks
> existing code that calls the function with only the first four args.
 
Indeed, it was meant as an internal function, tho clearly it was never
fully internal since icomplete uses it.

I'll see how I can fix it, but in the mean time, could you tell me how
you use it (I can guess the"where" is "icicles")?


        Stefan
This bug report was last modified 13 years and 229 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.