Re: Functions in kill-emacs-hook aren't run if emacs gets killed with SIGTERM

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Tassilo Horn <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:04:00 +0100
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> Concering these "inconsistent state" discussions: How about adding some
> more text to the docstring of `kill-emacs-hook' explaining that user's
> shouldn't put very time intensive functions there, and that in some
> situations something may go wrong.

If the Lisp infrastructure is in an inconsistent state, there's
nothing the user can do or avoid doing in `kill-emacs-hook' to avoid
trouble.

There are situations in Emacs when Lisp code simply cannot be run
safely.