Re: request review for minor change (bookmark.el, kill-emacs-hook)

[Gerd Moellmann]

Karl Fogel <address@hidden> writes:

> I received mail from a user who wants a `bookmark-exit-hook', to be
> run from kill-emacs-hook, so he can implement something.
> 
> Since the `bookmark-exit-hook' is of general utility, I'm inclined to
> make the change, but there may be "gotchas" regarding kill-emacs-hook
> that I'm not experienced with.
> 
> So if anyone has comments about his patch, please let me know.  The
> original mail, which includes his explanation of why he needs this, is
> included at the bottom of the message.

If I read Ovidiu's code correctly, he wants to save some bookmarks in
a file of their own with the rest being saved normally.  So, I think
an alternative could be to offer a mechanism in bookmark-save itself,
which could be even safer, because it would always work when
bookmark-save is called.