prompt-toolkit / prompt-toolkit/python-prompt-toolkit

Title: Add an option to disable the "completion_does_nothing" filter

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Description

We have these code for completers:

# When there is only one completion, which has nothing to add, ignore it.
if len(completions) == 1 and completion_does_nothing(
     document, completions[0]
):
     del completions[:]

This may seem logical, but I don't want this feature.

I hope there will be a parameter to turn it off. Thanks.

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Research direction

Start by locating the completer implementation containing the completion_does_nothing check and trace how completer options are exposed. Define where the opt-out parameter belongs, then verify that disabling it preserves the single completion and add or update tests for both option settings.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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