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

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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.

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Message #36 received at 8795-done <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-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8795: 24.0.50;
	`completion-try-completion' addition of METADATA arg
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:21:41 -0400

> And it is clearly not internal.

It is.  "Internal" reflects the intention behind this function.  As the
author of the code, I know better than you do whether it's internal or not.

> If it were internal then you would not have needed to change METADATA
> to `&optional'.  And I was not the only one to point out that its not
> being optional broke backward compatibility.

Oh, so because I was nice enough to go through the trouble to preserve
backward compatibility, I am now bound to additionally document
the obvious because you don't find it obvious enough?


        Stefan
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