GNU bug report logs - #11342
24.1.50; HOOK variable name in `add-hook' etc. confusing

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de

Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:45:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.1.50

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de
Cc: 11342 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11342: 24.1.50;
	HOOK variable name in `add-hook' etc. confusing
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:15:10 -0400

> You could misinterpret that and think that the first argument must be
> a value representing a hook.  But actually it must be a _symbol_
> holding a hook.

Hooks are represented by a value which is a symbol (and which in turn
carries the various functions added to it globally and in each buffer).
The symbol's value (usually a list) is *not* the hook value but only one
part of it.


        Stefan
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