Re: Special treatment of `term-setup-hook'

["Juanma Barranquero" <lekktu@gmail.com>]

On 12/7/06, Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> wrote:

> They are different if x is not bound.

Well, of course, if you don't mind getting and error :) I expect
people would write either:

 (if (boundp 'x)
      (run-hooks 'x)
    ; error or whatever

or

  (and (boundp 'x)
       x
       (run-hooks 'x))

or, nowadays:

  (when (bound-and-true-p 'x)
     (run-hooks 'x))

which seem clearer for that specific purpose.

> But for the case at hand, I don't see the difference either...

That's what puzzles me.  I don't understand why someone would add (and
term-setup-hook (run-hooks 'term-setup-hook)) instead of the simpler
alternative. But someone did, and I suppose he had a good reason...

That's all idle thinking, of course.

                    /L/e/k/t/u