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Re: overloading 'print' command.
> > I don't see how hook-print can help OP to do something special for
> > std::string. The manual says hook-print doesn't get any arguments, so
> > it can't even tell what is being printed. What am I missing?
>
> Looks like I was missing something: the fact that hooks don't have
> access to the arguments of the hooked command. Sounds like a bad
> limitation to me.
I think that the hooks mechanism is quickly going to be overtaken
by python support, so I personally wouldn't spend any more time
on improving the hooks - especially when the feature is already
available in today's FSF sources.
--
Joel