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From:	Stefan Monnier
Subject:	Re: Should nil COLLECTION element mean a "nil" candidate for completing-read? Alist doc.
Date:	Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:23:04 -0400
User-agent:	Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.94 (gnu/linux)

> (completing-read "ff: " '(nil ("a") ("b)))

A nil there is simply an error.  We don't signal an error, but the
none of the behaviors you may see is considered as a feature.


        Stefan

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