tags 31782 + patch
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Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com> writes:

> So, looking at the Bug#30073 fix, the new (currently being introduced in
> Emacs 27) read-answer function looks pretty similar to
> read-multiple-choice.  Perhaps some sharing is in order?

There are differences in both the interface and implementation which
make it difficult to merge these, even though the functionality has some
overlap.  Maybe something could be done later, but for now we'll have to
settle for taking it as is (modulo the fix for the standard value
problem).  Here is the backported patch: