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Re: 1) (elisp) `Advising Named Functions', 2) search filtering example


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: 1) (elisp) `Advising Named Functions', 2) search filtering example
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 16:18:59 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2.50 (gnu/linux)

>> Most probably, because "hook" is a general-purpose word freely used in
>> general discourse.  I don't see how can we avoid that without having
>> complicated confusing text in the manual.

> Let's try it and see what changes would be required.

FWIW, I'm not eve sure the confusion comes from the manual.
The informal use of `hook` to which I was referring is one I use and see
in email mostly.  It's very widespread, AFAICT, but that doesn't mean
the manual isn't more careful.


        Stefan




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