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bug#35508: 27.0.50; Fine-ordering of functions on hooks
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Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
bug#35508: 27.0.50; Fine-ordering of functions on hooks |
Date: |
Tue, 30 Apr 2019 18:31:02 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> (I'm curious, for example, never having come across the need.)
Just look at the patch, it includes an example.
> The way you describe it makes it seem like it will be
> common to supply a specific number rather than just
> appending (i.e. at the end). Will it be common to need
> a number other than 100?
100 (resp -100) should almost never be used, since they basically mean that
noone should ever have the right to come after (resp before), which is
rather presumptuous.
> BTW, do similar considerations not apply to advice?
As the NEWS entry mentions, this semantics mimics that already existing
in add-function (and hence advice-add).
Stefan