RE: [External] : add-hook without need for intermediate functions

[Drew Adams]

> I do not follow how to extract the information in your link to answer my
> question.
> My focus is only about a simple minor mode rather than a globalised one.

Reread what you asked:

 Does not needing a `turn-on-foo-mode' function
 apply to all modes, including minor modes?

The doc I cited tells you that that not-needing
doesn't apply to globalized minor modes.

That's the only occurrence of "turn-on" in the
Elisp manual.