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bug#10416: 24.0.92; #'test-completion is inconsistent with symbol hash k
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
bug#10416: 24.0.92; #'test-completion is inconsistent with symbol hash keys in COLLECTION |
Date: |
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:07:20 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) |
>> If COLLECTION is a hash table, then the keys that are strings are
>> the possible completions. Other keys are ignored.
> And the docstrings of #'try-completion and #'all-completion are equally
> clear, and contradict that. They both say the following:
> ‘If COLLECTION is a hash-table, all the keys that are strings or symbols
> are the possible completions.’
Right. So we clearly need to fix the doc. Maybe also the code. But in
the mean time I think the contradictory docs basically mean "stay away
from symbols as keys for completion hash-tables".
Stefan