Re: Emacs 23.1.90 pretest

[Chong Yidong]

Chong Yidong <address@hidden> writes:

> Juanma Barranquero <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Non-obsolete python.el requires obsolete sym-comp.el, which produces a
>> warning "Package sym-comp is obsolete!" while loading python.el[c].
>
> Stefan removed sym-comp usage from Python just before the pretest, but
> left the (require 'sym-comp) statement in.  Removing it fixes this.
>
> But the new completion-at-point for Python is completely broken.
> Consider the following recipe:
>
> 1. C-x C-f foo.py
> 2. i M-TAB
>
> => Emacs loops while completion-at-point is working, apparently without
>    any exit (I tried waiting for about a minute).

I found the problem: the code in Python was passing a string with text
property notation to the Python interpreter, confusing it.  Should be
fixed in the repository now.