From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: something between try-completion and test-completion? Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:12:50 -0500 Message-ID: References: <000801c868e3$fc3c8a30$9eb22382@us.oracle.com> <006e01c86906$003235f0$9eb22382@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1202335994 23222 80.91.229.12 (6 Feb 2008 22:13:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 22:13:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Emacs-Devel' To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 06 23:13:36 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JMsWE-0000qM-IK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:13:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JMsVm-0007xu-08 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:12:58 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JMsVh-0007v1-Fw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:12:53 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JMsVg-0007tZ-4T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:12:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JMsVf-0007tQ-Te for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:12:51 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JMsVf-0003BM-K3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:12:51 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAALu/qUfO+J95dGdsb2JhbACQLgEwgSKbN4EA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,314,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="13793439" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 06 Feb 2008 17:12:50 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([206.248.159.121]) by smtp.pppoe.ca (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id MYS00751; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:12:51 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 66E457FD7; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:12:50 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <006e01c86906$003235f0$9eb22382@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 6 Feb 2008 13:19:46 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:88368 Archived-At: >> Could you give us some sample situation where there'd be an actual >> benefit (as in measurable performance difference) between >> try-completion and the function you're looking for? > No. I can't compare performance for a non-existent implementation. ;-) Of course you can. > But you can see that that work is not necessary, and you can imagine > that, in the case of many, many completions with a common prefix, that > wasted time could be important. How many completions would make it > noticeable? And noticeable in what contexts? I don't know (or care). Then I see no need for your function. Stefan