bug#50459: 28.0.50; Python shell completion is incompatible with flex, orderless, etc.

[Augusto Stoffel]

On Thu,  9 Sep 2021 at 07:30, Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org> wrote:

> You shouldn't use (setq completion-styles '(flex)), you should use
> (add-to-list 'completion-styles 'flex).  Otherwise the default
> completion styles are not used anymore.

This doesn't change the issue described in the subject line.  I would
still not see any flex completions if I did what you suggest.

Granted, completion wouldn't be totally broken.  But I don't mind
letting the brokenness manifest itself.  Therefore I use
(setq completion-styles '(orderless)).