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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "João Távora" <joaotavora@gmail.com>
Cc: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>,
	 Daniel Mendler <mail@daniel-mendler.de>,
	 "emacs-devel@gnu.org" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>,
	Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Subject: complexity in minibuffer (was: (icomplete-vertical-mode): Add support for affixations and, annotations)
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2021 10:19:01 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvczt4e4wv.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALDnm53nQDSHcMra4uBcPXz--cqbq-dSfW_9eO-2hNJL3BZy5w@mail.gmail.com> ("João Távora"'s message of "Wed, 2 Jun 2021 01:02:02 +0100")

> Another pain point in minibuffer is the representation of candidates.
> Sometimes they  are strings, sometimes they are lists of strings with
> prefixes and suffixes, lots of silly "if consp".

I must say I'm not sure what you're referring to here.
So I went searching for `consp` in minibuffer.el, and IIUC you're
talking about the code which takes a set of completions and displays it
in *Completions*.  E.g. the code in `completion--insert-*`.
Is that right?

[ If so, it explains why I wasn't sure what you referred to, since it's
  not part of the code with which I'm familiar ;-)  ]

Indeed, I wonder why we have that.

I know `display-completion-list` is documented to work with lists of
various things (strings, symbols, and lists of strings, IIRC), but
that's an old "feature" of `display-completion-list` that's not used by
the current completion code, AFAIK (and potentially not used by any code
at all).

So we could have a quick loop through the completion candidates at the
entry of `display-completion-list` which converts each candidate to
a plain string and then calls a streamlined `completion--insert-strings`
where we don't need those `consp` any more.
[ And in most cases we could call `completion--insert-strings` directly
  rather than go through the old `display-completion-list`.  ]

WDYT?  Am I missing something?


        Stefan




  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-06-02 14:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 174+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-22 21:00 [PATCH] (icomplete-vertical-mode): Add support for affixations and, annotations Daniel Mendler
2021-05-23  9:37 ` João Távora
     [not found]   ` <adbebf98-eb86-9b8b-f191-e2e9f00cf80b@daniel-mendler.de>
2021-05-23 19:55     ` João Távora
2021-05-23 20:14       ` Daniel Mendler
2021-05-23 21:04         ` João Távora
2021-05-23 21:31           ` Daniel Mendler
2021-05-23 21:54             ` João Távora
2021-05-23 22:38               ` Daniel Mendler
2021-05-24 22:46                 ` João Távora
2021-05-25  3:06                   ` Daniel Mendler
2021-05-25  9:21                     ` João Távora
2021-05-26 18:12                   ` João Távora
2021-05-26 19:32                     ` Daniel Semyonov via Emacs development discussions.
2021-05-23 23:04               ` Daniel Mendler
2021-05-23 23:39                 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-05-24 22:54                   ` João Távora
2021-05-25  1:38                     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-05-25  8:39                       ` João Távora
2021-05-25 11:00                         ` Gregory Heytings
2021-05-26  0:03                           ` João Távora
2021-05-25  3:12                     ` Daniel Mendler
2021-05-25  9:25                       ` João Távora
2021-05-24 19:05                 ` João Távora
2021-05-24 19:13                   ` João Távora
2021-05-24 19:53                     ` Daniel Mendler
2021-05-24 23:04                       ` João Távora
2021-05-25  3:14                         ` Daniel Mendler
2021-05-25  9:31                           ` João Távora
2021-05-25  9:40                             ` Daniel Mendler
2021-05-24 22:05                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-05-23 23:37             ` Juri Linkov
2021-05-23 23:39             ` Juri Linkov
2021-05-24 10:26               ` Daniel Mendler
2021-05-24 22:07                 ` Juri Linkov
2021-05-25  2:53                   ` Daniel Mendler
2021-05-25  8:30                     ` João Távora
2021-05-25 16:59                       ` Juri Linkov
2021-05-25 17:46                         ` João Távora
2021-05-25 20:37                           ` Juri Linkov
2021-05-26 21:45                             ` Juri Linkov
2021-05-26 22:20                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-05-26 23:17                                 ` João Távora
2021-05-27  1:06                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-05-27  7:29                                     ` João Távora
2021-05-27 13:15                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-05-27 14:19                                         ` João Távora
2021-05-27 18:52                                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-05-27 20:58                                             ` João Távora
2021-05-28  8:08                               ` Daniel Mendler
2021-05-28  8:34                                 ` João Távora
2021-05-28  9:06                                   ` Daniel Mendler
2021-05-28 10:09                                     ` João Távora
2021-05-28 11:16                                       ` Daniel Mendler
2021-05-28 11:41                                         ` João Távora
2021-05-28 11:55                                           ` Daniel Mendler
2021-05-28 12:15                                             ` João Távora
2021-05-28 12:32                                               ` Daniel Mendler
2021-05-28 13:17                                                 ` João Távora
2021-05-28 13:55                                                   ` Daniel Mendler
2021-05-28 18:46                                                 ` Juri Linkov
2021-05-29  8:11                                                   ` Daniel Mendler
2021-05-28 12:44                                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-05-28 13:14                                               ` Daniel Mendler
2021-05-28 13:57                                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-05-28 14:10                                                   ` Daniel Mendler
2021-05-28 14:57                                                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-05-28 16:01                                                       ` Daniel Mendler
2021-06-01  9:56                                         ` João Távora
2021-06-01 11:27                                           ` Daniel Mendler
2021-06-01 12:00                                             ` João Távora
2021-06-01 12:37                                               ` Daniel Mendler
2021-06-01 14:30                                                 ` João Távora
2021-06-01 14:40                                                   ` Daniel Mendler
2021-06-01 15:49                                                     ` João Távora
2021-06-01 16:00                                                       ` Daniel Mendler
2021-06-01 18:47                                                         ` João Távora
2021-06-01 19:03                                                           ` Daniel Mendler
2021-06-01 22:32                                                             ` João Távora
2021-06-01 20:22                                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-01 22:39                                                             ` João Távora
2021-06-02  2:40                                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-02  7:53                                                                 ` João Távora
2021-06-02 13:48                                                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-01 23:04                                                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-06-01 23:22                                                             ` João Távora
2021-06-01 23:29                                                               ` João Távora
2021-06-01 23:46                                                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-06-02  0:02                                                                 ` João Távora
2021-06-02 11:48                                                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-06-02 12:59                                                                     ` João Távora
2021-06-02 18:29                                                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-06-02 18:52                                                                         ` João Távora
2021-06-02 14:19                                                                   ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2021-06-02 14:33                                                                     ` complexity in minibuffer (was: (icomplete-vertical-mode): Add support for affixations and, annotations) João Távora
2021-06-02 15:06                                                                       ` complexity in minibuffer Stefan Monnier
2021-06-02 15:20                                                                         ` João Távora
2021-06-02 15:29                                                                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-06-02 15:37                                                                             ` João Távora
2021-06-02 18:11                                                                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-06-02 18:30                                                                                 ` João Távora
2021-06-02 15:38                                                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-02 15:45                                                                             ` João Távora
2021-06-02 15:59                                                                               ` Daniel Mendler
2021-06-02 16:29                                                                                 ` João Távora
2021-06-02 15:53                                                                             ` Daniel Mendler
2021-06-02 18:31                                                                         ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-06-02 19:03                                                                           ` João Távora
2021-06-02 20:15                                                                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-06-02 22:11                                                                       ` Juri Linkov
2021-06-03  9:04                                                                         ` João Távora
2021-06-03 20:28                                                                           ` Juri Linkov
2021-06-01 15:58                                                     ` [PATCH] (icomplete-vertical-mode): Add support for affixations and, annotations Stefan Monnier
2021-06-01 16:04                                                       ` Daniel Mendler
2021-06-02  5:17                                               ` tumashu
2021-06-02  7:48                                                 ` João Távora
2021-06-02 10:40                                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-06-02 11:04                                                     ` João Távora
2021-06-02 11:28                                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-06-02 11:33                                                         ` João Távora
2021-06-02 12:31                                                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-06-02 13:16                                                             ` João Távora
2021-06-05  1:48                                                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-06-05  9:21                                                                 ` João Távora
2021-06-05 23:06                                                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-06-05 23:25                                                                     ` João Távora
2021-06-05  4:23                                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-05  9:26                                                                 ` João Távora
2021-06-05 13:02                                                                 ` Ergus
2021-06-05 23:47                                                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-06-06  2:30                                                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-02 13:38                                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-02 14:11                                                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-06-02 14:54                                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-02 15:07                                                                 ` João Távora
2021-06-05  1:08                                                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-06-05  9:16                                                                     ` João Távora
2021-06-01 14:47                                           ` Gregory Heytings
2021-06-01 14:53                                             ` Daniel Mendler
2021-06-01 14:58                                               ` Gregory Heytings
2021-06-01 15:06                                                 ` Daniel Mendler
2021-06-01 15:33                                                   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-06-01 15:41                                                     ` Daniel Mendler
2021-06-01 15:09                                                 ` João Távora
2021-06-01 15:12                                                   ` Daniel Mendler
2021-06-01 15:06                                             ` João Távora
     [not found]                                           ` <b49749e34d620592d83a@heytings.org>
     [not found]                                             ` <CALDnm53Wdnp0yAu6uQd8A=6-uLArCBEdj4F+aVzUdFOT00XMWw@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]                                               ` <b49749e34dc4e4287593@heytings.org>
     [not found]                                                 ` <87lf7t8wfz.fsf@gmail.com>
2021-06-01 15:24                                                   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-06-01 23:05                                                     ` João Távora
2021-05-24 23:02                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-05-24 23:04                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-05-23 21:35           ` Daniel Mendler
2021-05-23 22:42           ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-05-23 23:33             ` Stefan Monnier
2021-05-23 23:42             ` Juri Linkov
2021-05-24 23:24               ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-05-23 23:35       ` Juri Linkov
2021-05-24  3:23         ` Stefan Monnier
2021-05-24 10:34           ` Daniel Mendler
2021-05-24 16:22             ` Caching where-is-internal (was: (icomplete-vertical-mode): Add support for affixations and, annotations) Stefan Monnier
2021-05-24 16:31               ` Daniel Mendler
2021-05-24 19:53                 ` Caching where-is-internal Stefan Monnier
2021-05-24 20:07                   ` Daniel Mendler
2021-05-24 20:33                     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-05-24 20:45                       ` Daniel Mendler
2021-05-24 21:44                         ` Stefan Monnier
2021-05-24 21:52           ` [PATCH] (icomplete-vertical-mode): Add support for affixations and, annotations Juri Linkov
2021-05-24 22:41             ` João Távora
2021-05-25  1:27             ` Stefan Monnier
2021-05-24 22:37         ` João Távora
2021-05-25 16:53           ` Juri Linkov
2021-05-25 17:24             ` Stefan Monnier
2021-05-25 17:40               ` João Távora
2021-05-25 20:01                 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-05-25 20:27                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-05-25 20:46                   ` João Távora

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