Ken Hornstein writes:
Hooks are a relatively new addition to nmh, and it was never really defined
very well what you could expect to work inside of them. I am unsure how
we can guarantee that you can safely modify nmh metadata INSIDE of a hook
when running a program that also modifies nmh metadata; that way seems
to lie madness.
Hi. Jon the perennial nmh submarine issue problem guy. Clearly my role is
to add code that sits quietly for at least a decade before becoming an issue.
My *intent* when adding the hook code was to allow external, non-nmh programs
to access the message store keeping track of changes. I added this code for
a specific purpose, and never thought about anyone executing nmh commands
inside of hook code. So I support Ken's conclusion that doing so is madness.
Jon
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