GNU bug report logs - #8387
24.0.50; `run-hook-with-args' return value has changed

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Michael Welsh Duggan <md5i <at> md5i.com>

Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:27:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at 8387-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Michael Welsh Duggan <md5i <at> md5i.com>
Cc: 8387-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8387: 24.0.50; `run-hook-with-args' return value has changed
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:02:21 +0200

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 08:25, Michael Welsh Duggan <md5i <at> md5i.com> wrote:

> (run-hook-with-args 'foo-hook 'foo) C-j
>
> In the past, this would return 'test instead of nil.  This breaks some
> code, in particular bbdb, which has the following:

I'm closing this one, as it is not a bug.

The docstring of `run-hook-with-args' contains this bit, since at
least Emacs 22.1:

"It is best not to depend on the value returned by `run-hook-with-args',
as that may change."

    Juanma
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