GNU bug report logs - #13780
24.2; Making find-file-hook customizable seems to cause troublle

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>

Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:36:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch, wontfix

Found in version 24.2

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 13780 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Cc: 13780 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13780: 24.2;
	Making find-file-hook customizable seems to cause troublle
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:22:20 -0500

>> So until Custom is fixed to actually properly handle customisation of
>> hooks (e.g. by storing "add functions foo, bar, and baz" rather than
>> "ignore current value and just set it to (foo bar baz)").
> This sentence seems to be missing its main clause…

That's not just an appearance.  Its main clause is:

   So until Custom ...blabla... I think it's better to use defcustom for
   hooks very sparingly, i.e. only for those hook we can reasonably
   expect will only be modified by the user's customization.


        Stefan
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