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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
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Comments: In reply to Peter Stephenson <Peter.Stephenson@csr.com>
 "Re: Using the same completion function for various commands" (Dec  6,  4:21pm)
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On Dec 6,  4:21pm, Peter Stephenson wrote:
}
} Is the following change to _pick_variant right?  Why we would ever
} prefer $words[1] to $service, when this seems to be what $service is
} for?

My recollection is that $words[1] is always a command, whereas $service
may just be a placeholder name.  However, I can't provide an example
where this would introduce a problem for _pick_variant in particular.