bug#38457: 27.0.50; dabbrev-expand regression due to message change

[Stefan Monnier]

>> You understood correctly: I do not consider this a bug (tho it might be
>> purely accidental, as I suspect it is: it's likely the result of the
>> fact that the list of completion is removed by icomplete before
>> processing a command and re-added afterwards, and minibuffer-message
>> adds a 2s wait during the execution of the command, i.e. at a point in
>> time where icomplete's list is not displayed).
>
> I actually thought this was the result of adding an overlay at the
> end, which "covers" the icomplete's overlay.  But I didn't look
> closely at the code, so maybe I'm wrong.

Could be as well, I don't actually know, the above is just my
best guess.  In any case I think it's not a bug (not sure if I'd go so
far as to call it a feature, tho).


        Stefan