From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#60252: 29.0.60; help-fns--describe-function-or-command-prompt asks for confirmation Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 18:53:06 +0200 Message-ID: <83mt7f8jnx.fsf@gnu.org> References: <6971735f-b849-a76e-9a86-a99b68444e99@gmx.at> <83sfh7909r.fsf@gnu.org> <83o7rv8nh1.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="8324"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: rudalics@gmx.at, 60252@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 22 17:54:28 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1p8Opw-000210-BT for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 22 Dec 2022 17:54:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p8Opc-0002C6-0m; Thu, 22 Dec 2022 11:54:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p8OpW-0002Bb-Sh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Dec 2022 11:54:04 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p8OpW-00087U-HZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Dec 2022 11:54:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p8OpW-0000o1-5O for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Dec 2022 11:54:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 16:54:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 60252 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 60252-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B60252.16717280103084 (code B ref 60252); Thu, 22 Dec 2022 16:54:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 60252) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Dec 2022 16:53:30 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36084 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p8Op0-0000ng-Au for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 22 Dec 2022 11:53:30 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:41920) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p8Oox-0000nP-Ss for 60252@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 22 Dec 2022 11:53:28 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p8Oos-00083X-3J; Thu, 22 Dec 2022 11:53:22 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=jVJvIPthsdB/v/tmrwEXaiB860AN6fO/eKp0+Bak9qE=; b=SY6sVhykifwd jT/zFOpufGpUg8DCUD6ZQzggHa7YCfVe67Ry+kArtQmdezURAuBOiLf5EWQuAgeXl8bgd0BtimRoJ 73Cg2pNvEzf8E2DS2bj6wXZ/Ohc8QK0/VF1ofbPIgVV8lGB6uwNOdLsU5r32TMKUL0mvjo+P3bdxn HADX+/T3tcjFSCMPy1ySEqWIZL3MLILPJ+qO94sMic7hMpEMdEHS9xqMm7d1t9pYj9A9uAdmvWWaX kvfFNL+Gw9ltfO5uG1NFta9dHFM3k63aUeeQG8dVd6E7dJE9uFZ5sgYeKFod+/yb35XfUcjsV8Vha pd9fv+Udi25a7/3s8vsAhg==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p8Oor-0002tU-Ez; Thu, 22 Dec 2022 11:53:21 -0500 In-Reply-To: (message from Stefan Monnier on Thu, 22 Dec 2022 11:48:13 -0500) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:251676 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Monnier > Cc: rudalics@gmx.at, 60252@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 11:48:13 -0500 > > > I'm actually wondering why Martin considers this a backward > > incompatibility. set-face-a cannot be uniquely completed to a single > > function name, since there are 3 completion candidates. > > But it can be completed to a string which is an exact match. > > > So it sounds like the Emacs 28 behavior was actually a bug, > > Whether it was the right behavior or not can be argued, but that's how > "must match" has behaved for many many years (probably at least since > Emacs-19), AFAIK. I meant a behavioral bug, not that the code didn't do what it was told to do. > > which is now fixed? > > We may as well revert that part of my patch. I don't think that would be TRT. Emacs behaves like that in other places, so why this one should be different? Such inconsistency can confusing.