Re: Why does _main_complete not try the next completer when $_comp_mesg is non-zero?

[Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Daniel Shahaf wrote on Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 17:08:00 +0000:
> Marlon Richert wrote on Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 08:11:35 +0300:
> > 
> > > On 1. Apr 2021, at 2.20, Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >> 
> > >>   autoload +X -Uz _complete
> > >>   functions[_autocomplete._complete]=$functions[_complete]
> > >>   _complete() {
> > >>     _autocomplete._complete "$@"
> > >>     local -i ret=$?
> > >>     (( ret )) && _comp_mesg=''
> > >>     return ret
> > > 
> > > Considered using an «{ } always { }» block?
> > 
> > What for?
> 
> For clarity, since it seems that's the pattern you're shooting for.
> Also, it would take care of preserving $?.

I was thinking of this:

_complete() {
  {
    _autocomplete._complete "$@"
  } always {
    (( $? )) && _comp_mesg=''
  }
}

Note that always blocks don't affect the overall exit code:

% { (exit 42) } always { (exit 0) }; echo $?
42
% 

> > I have no need to ever restore the original _complete().
> 
> An always block wouldn't do this.