From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: remove-hook creates a symbol if it doesn't exist Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:48:50 -0600 Message-ID: References: <87ej29ls7h.fsf@patagonia.sebmags.homelinux.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1224643742 23201 80.91.229.12 (22 Oct 2008 02:49:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:49:02 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 22 04:50:03 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KsTnN-0003BU-N6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:50:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43691 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KsTmI-0007wP-BA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:48:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KsTmD-0007wB-MI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:48:49 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KsTmB-0007un-26 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:48:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44498 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KsTmA-0007uR-Sj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:48:46 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:52413 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KsTmA-0003rm-D8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:48:46 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KsTm5-0003dm-9Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:48:41 +0000 Original-Received: from c-67-161-145-183.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([67.161.145.183]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:48:41 +0000 Original-Received: from kevin.d.rodgers by c-67-161-145-183.hsd1.co.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:48:41 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 23 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-67-161-145-183.hsd1.co.comcast.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Macintosh/20080914) In-Reply-To: <87ej29ls7h.fsf@patagonia.sebmags.homelinux.org> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:104809 Archived-At: Seb wrote: > Hi, > > The function remove-hook creates a symbol if its HOOK arg doesn't exist > as such: > > (remove-hook 'non-existent-hook 'some-function) > > > ,-----[ C-h v non-existent-hook RET ] > | non-existent-hook's value is nil > | > | Documentation: > | Not documented as a variable. > | > | [back] > `----- Actually, the read function interned the symbol. -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA