GNU bug report logs - #1102
23.0.60; add-hook should check that its function arg is a function.

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Message #15 received at 1102 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Phil Hagelberg <phil <at> hagelb.org>
Cc: 1102 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1102: Modification of patch
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:54:49 -0400

Phil Hagelberg wrote:

> add-hook should allow symbols since it's reasonable to refer to
> functions that haven't been defined yet.

Doesn't it therefore seem a bit pointless to check? There will always
be ways to shoot oneself in the foot. I imagine many functions don't
check the type of their arguments.

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