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From: Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 12705-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12705: 24.2.50; `Info-complete-menu-item' should use `add-to-list', not `push', to prevent duplicates
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:44:36 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fw4xd0bv.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DC6CE9438CDC4327B4C288B0FFE14DF2@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:25:56 -0700")

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> This sexp:
> (push (match-string-no-properties 1) completions)
>  
> should be changed to this:
> (add-to-list 'completions (match-string-no-properties 1))
>
> Otherwise the same entry can be added to `completions' multiple times.
>  
> This might not be manifested in *Completions*, because Emacs removes
> duplicate candidates.  But in other completion setups (e.g. Icicles)
> duplicate candidates (e.g. same display string, but perhaps different
> alist elements) are sometimes allowed.

Sounds reasonable.  Done in trunk, using delete-dups instead of
add-to-list (in case info.el switches to lexical binding).





  reply	other threads:[~2012-10-29 10:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-22 16:25 bug#12705: 24.2.50; `Info-complete-menu-item' should use `add-to-list', not `push', to prevent duplicates Drew Adams
2012-10-29 10:44 ` Chong Yidong [this message]
2012-10-29 15:37   ` Drew Adams
2012-10-29 16:49     ` Stefan Monnier

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