From: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum@gmx.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 20063@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20063: 24.4: read-from-minibuffer improperly setting hist parameter
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 11:34:00 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54FF0EE8.5040107@gmx.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv1tkyxcq2.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org>
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On 03/09/2015 02:14 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> 1] From a programmer's perspective, forcing a HIST when the programmer
>> asks for COLLECTION = !nil and HIST = nil, creates a conflict when
>> parameter REQUIRE-MATCH is set to `t', because the mini-buffer will
>> offer entries, from HIST, that are not in COLLECTION, and those entries
>> will then just be rejected due to REQUIRE-MATCH.
>
> That is indeed a problem, but it is more general than the case of
> HIST=nil, since even if HIST is non-nil the history may contain entries
> which are not valid according to COLLECTION.
>
> So what we need to do is to filter out those entries dynamically.
Yes, if you mean once, at the time the function is invoked; but the
benefit of this to the end-user is very limited, and has a downside if
done simply. Once REQUIRE-MATCH=t, nothing but elements of COLLECTION
will ever be accepted, so `concat'-ing the filtered elements of HIST
would present only legitimate options, in the sequence most recently
used, but with potentially a lot of duplicate entries. Using
`add-to-list', starting with an empty list would avoid the duplications
and present the elements in sequence most-recently-used.
>> 2] From a programmer's perspective, there are four legitimate
>> combinations of COLLECTION and HIST, and the current state denies a
>> programmer the freedom to offer a specific COLLECTION without some
>> general HIST.
>
> Actually, IIRC a value of t for HIST
I don't see that in the v24.4 documentation for `completing-read' or
'read-from-minibuffer'. Both descriptions are a bit vague, saying "...
if non-nil ... It can be a symbol, which is the history list variable to
use, or it can be a cons cell (HISTVAR . HISTPOS) ...". It would be
clearer to change "It can be" to "Otherwise it must be either"
> does provide the option of "no history".
Which brings us full-circle to line 974 of `minibuf.c'
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-03-08 22:25 bug#20063: 24.4: read-from-minibuffer improperly setting hist parameter Boruch Baum
2015-03-09 1:08 ` Glenn Morris
2015-03-09 12:05 ` Boruch Baum
2015-03-09 18:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-03-10 15:34 ` Boruch Baum [this message]
2015-03-11 14:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-03-11 15:43 ` Boruch Baum
2015-03-11 19:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-02-13 9:13 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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