bug#47992: 27; 28; Phase out use of `equal` in `add-hook`, `remove-hook`

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:

> That's the part I understood.  But what advantage would these offer,
> compared to standard naming?

By "standard naming" you mean "define a function, and then use it in
`add-hook'?"  Experience shows that people avoid doing so (for various
reason), so creating a new form to cater to this use case makes sense.

Especially now when people are using lexical binding more, when it would
make sense to allow people to add/remove/change these closures in hooks
in a convenient manner.

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