Distinguishing: Temporary v. Semi-Permanent -- Horizontal Scrolling

[Keith David Bershatsky <esq@lawlist.com>]

I am working on feature requests 17684 (crosshairs) and 22873 (multiple fake cursors).

Temporary horizontal scrolling is achieved by interactively calling:  (scroll-left 1)

Semi-permanent horizontal scrolling is achieved by typing:  C-u C-x <

To determine whether _only_ the current line is _temporarily_ horizontally scrolled, I have been using:

  bool hscl = (!it->w->suspend_auto_hscroll
               && EQ (Fbuffer_local_value (Qauto_hscroll_mode, buf), Qcurrent_line)
               && it->w->hscroll > 0);

I am now moving on to deal with a situation where horizontal scrolling is semi-permanent.  In this situation (C-u C-x <), hscl is true.  So that test is insufficient here.

What test, please, would be appropriate to determine whether semi-permanent (c-u C-x <) is in effect?

And, is it correct to assume that the current line will never be horizontally scrolled differently when semi-permanent (C-u X-x <) is in effect?

Thanks,

Keith