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27; 28; Phase out use of `equal` in `add-hook`, `remove-hook`

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Message #82 received at 47992 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>, jakanakaevangeli <at> chiru.no,
 monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 47992 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#47992: 27; 28; Phase out use of `equal` in `add-hook`,
 `remove-hook`
Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2021 03:09:15 +0200

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de> writes:

> If you ask me: that problem exists mainly for end users and their init
> files, it's not that we have a problem in Emacs.  Instead we should try
> to provide a better tool for users to add stuff to hooks conveniently.
>
> Since the problem of identification is not trivial - how about forcing
> the user to specify a name?  How about a macro like
>
> (user-add-hook foo-hook my-configure-foo-keybindings
>    code...) ?

Some other languages have the ability to add names to anonymous
functions (yes, a contradiction in terms) to aid debugging and the like.
We could also extend our `lambda' with an optional name -- it seems like
that could be generally useful beyond this particular use case -- and
then this new add-hook function could refuse to accept name-less
lambdas...

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