How to use dynamic sources in consult--multi

[lrustand]

I'm trying to use a dynamic source in consult--multi, but it doesn't show any results from the dynamic source, only the static ones. If I put the same dynamic source in consult--read instead, it works flawlessly. Is there something that has to be done differently to make it work inside of consult--multi?

EDIT: I was mistaken about the "doesn't show any results" part. It actually throws an error, see next comment.

[lrustand]

Actually, it doesn't just silently fail. (I had mistakenly not unquoted it when adding it to the list). It actually returns the following error, followed by a whole lot of gibberish: Wrong type argument: plistp, #[257.

I previously had a call to consult--multi that looked like this:

(consult--multi '(source-a source-b source-c))

Now, because of performance issues in source-c I have converted it to a dynamic source that looks like this: (consult--dynamic-collection #'generate-some-strings). Using this dynamic source like this works as expected:

(consult--read (consult--dynamic-collection #'generate-some-strings))

But adding it to the original multi source like this fails with the above error:

(consult--multi `(source-a source-b ,(consult--dynamic-collection #'generate-some-strings)))

[minad]

Dynamic sources are currently unsupported by consult--multi.

[lrustand]

Why? And will they be supported? I feel like this is a major drawback

[minad]

Dynamic sources have been discussed before and are planned. Unfortunately it is not easy to integrate them into the existing infrastructure in a consistent way.

[minad]

I've added support for asynchronous sources to consult--multi. See #1007 (comment).

[lrustand]

Thats great! Looking forward to checking it out.