bug#81550: 30.2; add project-specific hooks to unload-feature-special-hooks

> From: Lin Jian <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected],  [email protected]
> Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:30:37 +0800
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> >> From: Lin Jian <[email protected]>
> >> Cc: [email protected],  [email protected]
> >> Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:10:40 +0800
> >> 
> >> Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> writes:
> >> 
> >> >> Cc: [email protected]
> >> >> Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:28:33 +0800
> >> >> From: Lin Jian via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
> >> >>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <[email protected]>
> >> >> 
> >> >> 
> >> >> When supporting `unload-feature' for my project backend, I have to write
> >> >> a FEATURE-unload-function to clean `project-find-functions' and
> >> >> `project-list-exclude'.
> >> >> 
> >> >> That FEATURE-unload-function can be omitted if `project-find-functions'
> >> >> and `project-list-exclude' are added to `unload-feature-special-hooks'.
> >> >> I suggest adding them.
> >> >
> >> > Does it really happen frequently that unloading a feature affects
> >> > which files project.el will consider, or is that a rare corner case?
> >> 
> >> If by "a feature" you mean a random feature, then probably that random
> >> feature does not need to clean project-specific hooks.
> >> 
> >> However, note that I do not mean a random feature.  I mean specific
> >> features: project backends.  See C-h P project RET for definition of
> >> project backend.  These specific features always have to clean
> >> project-specific hooks if they decide to support `unload-feature'.
> >
> > But unload-feature-special-hooks is a general hook, not limited to
> > project backends, is it?  Or what am I missing?
> 
> To be clear, I am not arguing anything.  I just try to clarify things,
> in case needed.
> 
> If, in your first reply, you said something like:
> 
> > Project backends are rare features so we should not add
> > project-specific hooks to `unload-feature-special-hooks'.
> 
> Then I would find it clear and I would see no need to clarify it.

Thanks, let's wait for Dmitry to chime in.