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

[Drew Adams]

> >> 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.

I don't know what more to say.  Not being able to
have `minibuffer-completion-table' dynamically
scoped and settable/redefinable as such a variable
would effectively destroy Icicles features that
rely on exactly that ability.  For Icicles, there's
nothing "corner" about this.