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26; Add macro `with-hook-added'

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
Cc: 33601 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33601: 26; Add macro `with-hook-added'
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 14:50:48 -0800 (PST)

> > Maybe a better name would be `with-function-on-hook' or
> > `with-hook-function-added'.  It is the function, not the
> > hook, that is added (to the hook).
> 
> True, but `with-hook-added' seems consistent with the name of
> `add-hook' itself (which likewise isn't for creating hooks).

Yeah, that's why I used that name.  I'm OK with any
of those names mentioned so far, and probably with
other alternatives too.

The real question is whether such a macro is useful.
I think it can be.  I gave a couple examples in bug
#33595.  It was those examples that made me think
such a macro might be useful.

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