GNU bug report logs - #47992
27; 28; Phase out use of `equal` in `add-hook`, `remove-hook`

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: jakanakaevangeli <at> chiru.no, michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, mail <at> daniel-mendler.de, 47992 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, larsi <at> gnus.org
Subject: bug#47992: [External] : bug#47992: 27; 28; Phase out use of `equal` in `add-hook`, `remove-hook`
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2021 19:57:55 -0400

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It would not be hard to write a function to remove, from a hook,
any lambda expression that has a certain symbol as its name.
(memq SYMBOL LAMBDAEXP) can test whether LAMBDAEXP has the name SYMBOL.

We could make remove-hook do this if the supplied argument is a symbol
with no function definition, or whatever other interface is desirable.

It wouldn't be hard to do this with doc strings either.

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