>
> Why could we not use the ad-hoc patch, with a FIXME note, until somebody 
> has the time to find a better solution, instead of letting bug reports 
> about that problem accumulate?  Sure, it could possibly have a 
> collateral damage, but it could as well have no collateral damage at 
> all.
>

By the way, to limit the scope of the potential collateral damages, it is 
also possible to use that condition only when completion-styles contain 
'substring' or 'flex'.

What do you think of the attached patch?