bug#45474: [External] : bug#45474: Icomplete exhibiting in recursive minibuffer when it shouldn’t

[Stefan Monnier]

>> We should think hard before adding yet another argument.  I agree that
>> the current design is problematic.  Basically, I think that
>> `minibuffer-completion-table` should be set buffer-locally in the
>> minibuffer instead of being "set" by dynamic scoping.
>
> Apologies for not following this thread, and so
> possibly misunderstanding what you mean there.
>
> But my code depends on `minibuffer-completion-table'
> being "set" by dynamic scoping.

I'm pretty sure there can be such corner cases, but your description
doesn't make it clear to me why you think setting buffer-locally
would interact poorly with your use.


        Stefan