Re: completion-ignored-extensions: match full file names

[Stefan Monnier]

>> I'd much rather add regexp-support, which will give a lot more
>> flexibility and should be pretty easy to implement.  Of course, it will
>> have to use a new variable since as you point out the current 
>> completion-ignored-extensions aren't compatible with
>> a regexp interpretation.

> I don't object, but this has a disadvantage that we would need to
> start using this regexp-based variable right away, to filter out only
> literally the ".cvs", ".bzr", ".git" etc. directories, not just any
> directory that ends in these extensions.  IOW, introducing the new
> variable would mean that the default value of
> completion-ignored-extensions will change and the default value of the
> new variable will be non-nil.

I don't understand in what way it's a disadvantage.

> So it sounds like a more invasive change.

Could be.  But it brings more benefit to the end-users.


        Stefan