Re: post-self-insert-hook being reset?

[phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord)]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> There are a class of hooks (post-command-hook, after-change-functions)
>> that nil themselves on error.
>
> Actually, these have been refined since to only remove the offending
> function rather than set themselves straight to nil.
> And they emit a warning when that happens.


Oh, that's interesting. I've been so used to dealing with this in my
packages, that I hadn't seen that change.


>> I guess post-self-insert-hook  is one of these.
>
> That was a good guess, but:
>
>    src/cmds.c:  run_hook (Qpost_self_insert_hook);
>
> so, no, it's run "in the normal way".  'Must be something else.


Ah, my fantastic guess bought to the grounds by cruel reality.

Phil