From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH] Run hook when variable is set Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 18:29:21 -0500 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1422660581 25342 80.91.229.3 (30 Jan 2015 23:29:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 23:29:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Kelly Dean Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 31 00:29:40 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YHL0K-0005cM-Qa for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:29:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39100 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YHL0J-0008IL-V4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Jan 2015 18:29:35 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56282) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YHL07-0008I5-NA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Jan 2015 18:29:24 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YHL06-0004nz-S5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Jan 2015 18:29:23 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:39623) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YHL06-0004nq-PH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Jan 2015 18:29:22 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YHL05-0005t9-P7; Fri, 30 Jan 2015 18:29:21 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Kelly Dean on Fri, 30 Jan 2015 07:34:23 +0000) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:182102 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] Hooks on setting variables is a fundamentally bad idea because it means that Lisp code which appears to just bind variables can call functions where you did not expect it. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call.