RE: should `minibuffer-complete' use `abbreviate-file-name'?

[Drew Adams]

>     For file-name completion, apply `abbreviate-file-name' to the
>     user's input. This would let a user take advantage of a customized
>     `directory-abbrev-alist' during completion.
>
>     Would there be any downside to that?
>
> I don't think Emacs should alter the names that the user enters.

`directory-abbrev-alist' is nil by default. Users customize it. It lets them
sustitute their own abbreviations for directories.

Why shouldn't completion respect the user's preference for such
abbreviations (e.g. symlinks)?