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+;; functions.el --- String helper functions for my Emacs development -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
+;; Author: William Carroll <wpcarro@gmail.com>
+
+;;; Commentary:
+;; String & Symbol helpers!
+
+;;; Code:
+
+(require 'dash)
+(require 's)
+
+;; Strings
+(defun string/hookify (x)
+  "Append \"-hook\" to X."
+  (s-append "-hook" x))
+
+(defun symbol->string (symbol)
+  "Alias for `symbol-name' with SYMBOL, since I can never remember that
+function's name."
+  (symbol-name symbol))
+
+(defun string->symbol (string)
+  "Alias for `intern' for STRING since I can never remember that function's
+  name."
+  (intern string))
+
+(defun string/ensure-hookified (x)
+  "Ensure that X has \"-hook\" appended to it."
+  (if (s-ends-with? "-hook" x)
+      x
+    (string/hookify x)))
+
+;; Symbols
+(defun symbol/as-string (callback x)
+  "Treat the symbol, X, as a string while applying CALLBACK to it.
+Coerce back to a symbol on the way out."
+  (->> x
+       symbol-name
+       callback
+       intern))
+
+(defun symbol/hookify (x)
+  "Append \"-hook\" to X when X is a symbol."
+  (symbol/as-string #'string/hookify x))
+
+(defun symbol/ensure-hookified (x)
+  "Ensure that X has \"-hook\" appended to it when X is a symbol."
+  (symbol/as-string #'string/ensure-hookified x))
+
+(provide 'string-functions)
+;;; string-functions.el ends here