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Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> My vote is to do exact matching only.  It will produce simpler code and
> will be easier to understand in the manual.  If it's going to be used
> all over Emacs, it should be so.

1+

In general, one shall know the exact purpose a secret is needed for.

> Ted

Best regards, Michael.