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Re: [PATCH] Run hook when variable is set


From: Richard Stallman
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Run hook when variable is set
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 18:29:21 -0500

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Hooks on setting variables is a fundamentally bad idea
because it means that Lisp code which appears to just bind variables
can call functions where you did not expect it.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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