> Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 03:08:56 +0300 > Cc: sba...@janestreet.com, 70...@debbugs.gnu.org, j...@linkov.net, > monn...@iro.umontreal.ca > From: Dmitry Gutov <dmi...@gutov.dev> > > On 16/05/2024 21:25, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > >> I don't think that would be required exactly. > >> > >> The problem here (IIUC) is that completion behaves differently with the > >> emacs22 style depending on whether the execution path went through > >> choose-completion (which is not a method of completion style but a > >> common subroutine) or not (when completion--do-completion performed > >> expansion). > > I understand that much. But what did these two (or their > > then-equivalents) do in Emacs 22 and Emacs 23? > > I'm guessing they behaved incorrectly (or however we want to call the > inconsistent behavior), but I don't have a compiled Emacs 22/23 around, > and they might be difficult to build. > > Note that we fixed bug#48356 not too long ago, which is from the same > general area, and it probably originated from before Emacs 22/23 too. > > It's worth looking for edge cases where we'd strongly prefer the current > behavior, and they might exist, but so far I only know of situations > where the change would be for the better, or the user might be okay with > either (example at the end of https://debbugs.gnu.org/72705#35).
Ping! How should we proceed with this bug report?
