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Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> writes:
> Spencer Baugh <sbaugh@catern.com> writes:
>
>> I agree that outdated completion history is a nuisance.  However,
>> isn't outdated completion history better than none?
>
> Not as I see it.  When M-p is typed and Emacs cannot supply a proper
> history entry, it should ding rather than begin iterating over hundreds
> of outdated entries.

So do you yourself not use savehist-mode?  For these reasons?  Can you
describe your usage pattern that makes savehist-mode not work for you?