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From: akrl <akrl@sdf.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: prevent hook vanishing
Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 14:42:44 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xjf36ypc9ej.fsf@sdf.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.32.1526651897.1292.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

John Mastro <john.b.mastro@gmail.com> writes:

> Why not use `condition-case' in your hook function to catch the error
> and respond appropriately? (There are also `with-demoted-errors' and
> `ignore-errors', if there's nothing that needs to be except to suppress
> the error)
>
>          John

Doesn't quite work. I wrap the hooked code around using ignore-errors,
then for instance if I get the following error (from *Messages*):
"Symbol's value as variable is void"
the hook is wiped out.

Bests
  akrl

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-05-18 14:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-05-18  8:23 prevent hook vanishing akrl
2018-05-18 13:58 ` John Mastro
     [not found] ` <mailman.32.1526651897.1292.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-05-18 14:42   ` akrl [this message]
2018-05-18 15:59     ` John Mastro
     [not found]     ` <mailman.42.1526659194.1292.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-05-18 21:38       ` akrl

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