bug#12852: 24.2; `exit-function' not supported in completion table's metadata alist

[Leo]

On 2012-11-23 11:58 +0800, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Clearly, with the current code base, adding "." is the
> easiest solution.  You can also strip any final dot in the user's input,
> so the odd final dot is only a temporary artifact in the minibuffer.

This seems to get in the way if you use the table for
completion-at-point.

>
> But you do have some good points about exit-function, which might
> justify redesigning it, or providing some similar functionality in
> completion-metadata.  But I need to think more about what that should
> look like.

OK, thanks for the thinking ;)

Leo