Using Hooks with Serial Numbers
One of the neat things about ON hooks is that multiple hooks of the same
type may be given different priorities. A serial number may be any number,
positive or negative; zero is the default and should not be used directly.
The numbers themselves don't really matter, rather their relation to other
serial numbers is what's important. For example:
on hook "*" echo foobar
on #-hook -5 "*" echo booya
on #-hook 5 "*" echo yadda yadda yadda
Then, when any HOOK command is issued, the following three lines will be
displayed, in this order:
booya
foobar
yadda yadda yadda
In general, it is always advisable to use serial numbers, if for no other
reason than to prevent hooks from conflicting with each other. This is
particularly true of the TIMER hook, which should always use serial numbers.
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