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Subject: Re: doc on define-minor-mode hook variable(s)
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    > In the past, hook variables were used, and the new notion that a hook need
    > not be associated with a variable should be explained in the doc.

A hook IS a variable--that is to say, a symbol whose value is used.
It is a mistake to think that a hook is not a variable.