Re: make project--find-in-file generic, add interactive filename to project-find-file

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 01/29/2016 05:03 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:

> The main purpose of the new functions would be to improve the handing of
> DEFAULT and encourage coders to use it.  IIUC the way we handle default
> didn't exist when completing-read was first defined, which is why it's
> hidden so far down the list of optional arguments.

The fact that completing-read is expected to return an empty string on 
empty input, irrespective of REQUIRE-MATCH, seems to be another problem.

On the other hand, if we also fix that, the result would turn out to be 
overall less versatile.

> It so happens that it would also provide good customization points, yes.

What customization points, though? Do you expect it to be used with nadvice?