Re: Suppress user-prompting when calling commands in programs

[Stefan Monnier]

>> (defun foo (&optional arg)
>>   (interactive "P")
>>   (let ((bar (org-icompleting-read ...)))))
> Yuck!

Indeed, the prompting should normally take place in the `interactive'
spec, but the above is sadly pretty common.

>> Assuming `foo' can't be changed - is there another way to bind `bar'
>> before calling `foo' in a program rather than advising `foo' (with the
>> aim to suppress any user-prompting at all during the execution of
>> `foo')?

Not really, no.  And advising `foo' only won't help: you also need to
advise org-icompleting-read.

> cl-flet org-icompleting-read to 'ignore?

Nope.  That worked with `flet', but `cl-flet' is actually providing
Common-Lisp's `flet' which defines a lexically-scoped function.
Better use an advice here.


        Stefan