Re[2]: [CEDET-devel] cache files and ignored extensions

[Eric M. L. <er...@si...>]

>>> David Ponce <dav...@wa...> seems to think that:
> > I've got the following little patch that makes semantic.cache files
> > invisible to the completion system in Emacs.  Any thoughts?
>[...]
>
>I don't like this too much.  IMO it is not a good idea that Semantic
>silently changes the value of `completion-ignored-extensions' which is
>a user's customizable option.
>
>I would prefer to add something in the manual and/or the doc string of
>`semanticdb-default-file-name' to explain that it is possible to make
>.cache files invisible to completion by customizing
>`completion-ignored-extensions'.
  [ ... ]

Sounds reasonable.  The goal is to augment the default value, not a
customized value.  Many folks don't like having these files dribbled
about their directories.  I, personally, only mind because of the
completion issues.

Eric

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