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27.0.50; gnus registry vs. debbugs

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From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36903: 27.0.50; gnus registry vs. debbugs
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2019 18:41:54 -0700

Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>
>>> Huh, right after the definition of `gnus-registry-unload-hook' is this
>>> line:
>>>
>>> (add-hook 'gnus-registry-unload-hook 'gnus-registry-unload-hook)
>>
>> Added by RMS in 2004! Still don't see what it's supposed to do --
>> there's no such hook, and it's never called.
>
> It could be called by unload-feature, though it would be better to
> rename it gnus-registry-unload-function instead:
>
>     (defun unload-feature (feature &optional force)
>       [...]
>       (let* ([...]
>              (unload-hook (intern-soft (concat name "-unload-hook")))
>              (unload-func (intern-soft (concat name "-unload-function"))))
>           [...]
>           ;; This is obsolete; FEATURE-unload-function should be used now.
>           (run-hooks unload-hook)
>
> See also (info "(elisp) Unloading")

Something new every day! Thanks for this tip.

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