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define-derived-mode/define-minor-mode to declare hook variables

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Message #20 received at 10773 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: 10773 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10773: set-variable can't change values of user options
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:01:50 -0500

Glenn Morris wrote:

>> Currently William Stevenson is working on converting minor modes to use
>> `define-minor-mode', so more minor mode hooks will lose an ability to be
>> changed using `set-variable'.  I don't have an opinion whether this is
>> good or bad. 
>
> I think it is irrelevant / good.

PS If it is thought to be bad, the right solution would seem to be to
make define-minor-mode declare the hook with an appropriate defvar,
which it easily could. But I think that has been previously rejected.

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