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24.5; bad variable name: `inside-post-command-hook'

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 26623 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: bug#26623: 24.5; bad variable name: `inside-post-command-hook'
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 13:18:51 -0400

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  > No, it's the other way around: a hook variable should have its name
  > end in "-hook", but not every symbol whose name ends in "-hook" is a
  > hook variable.

I think it is a good idea to avoid making more variables that are not
hooks but have names which suggest they were hooks.  Let's aim to have
-hook mean it's a hook.


Perhaps `inside-post-command-hook-call' is a good name for this
variable.

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