>> -HOOK should be a symbol. If HOOK is void, it is first set to >> -nil. If HOOK's value is a single function, it is changed to a >> -list of functions. > Is the bit about setting HOOK to nil incorrect? Because the new text > drops that part.
That's an internal detail that's not observable to the caller anyway. >> "Remove from the value of HOOK the function FUNCTION. >> HOOK should be a symbol, and FUNCTION may be any valid function. If >> FUNCTION isn't the value of HOOK, or, if FUNCTION doesn't appear in the >> -list of hooks to run in HOOK, then nothing is done. See `add-hook'. >> +list of functions to run in HOOK, then nothing is done. See `add-hook'. > > "list of functions to run in HOOK" is ambiguous wrt what "in HOOK" > refers to. I would rephrase: > > If FUNCTION is not the value of HOOK and is not a member of the list > that is the value of HOOK, do nothing. Maybe we can simplify the wording a bit by focusing less about whether the hook's value is a function or a list of functions, and talking about the "sequence" or "set" of functions (which can be represented by a list of functions or a function)? Something like: "Remove FUNCTION from HOOK's functions. HOOK should be a symbol, and FUNCTION may be any valid function. Does nothing if HOOK does not currently contain FUNCTION. Compares functions with `equal`, which means that it can be slow if FUNCTION is not a symbol. See `add-hook'. - Stefan