bug#1194: define-abbrev with EXPANSION equal to nil doesn't run the abbrev hook

bug#1194: define-abbrev with EXPANSION equal to nil doesn't run the abbrev hook

[Francis Litterio]

The docstring for define-abbrev says:

  (define-abbrev table name expansion &optional hook &rest props)

  Define an abbrev in table named name, to expand to expansion and call hook.
  [...]
  If expansion is not a string, the abbrev is a special one,
   which does not expand in the usual way but only runs hook.

It seems that EXPANSION must be the empty string for the special
behavior described in the docstring to happen.  To reproduce this,
evaluate this form:

  (progn
    (define-abbrev global-abbrev-table "zzz" nil '(lambda () (message "Hello")))
    (define-abbrev global-abbrev-table "yyy" "" '(lambda () (message "Hello")))
    (switch-to-buffer "temp"))

and then type " zzz yyy ".  The "zzz" abbrev does cause the hook to run,
but the "yyy" abbrev causes the hook to run.
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Fran

bug#1194: define-abbrev with EXPANSION equal to nil doesn't run the abbrev hook

[Francis Litterio]

I wrote:

> The "zzz" abbrev does cause the hook to run,

Er ... I meant "does NOT cause the hook to run".  Sorry.
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Fran