Third-party function overrides my customized variable and my mode hook

Question

In the spacemace python layer, the following function overrides my customizations for the variable company-minimum-prefix-length python layer

(defun python/post-init-company ()
  ;; backend specific
  (add-hook 'python-mode-local-vars-hook #'spacemacs//python-setup-company)
  (spacemacs|add-company-backends
    :backends (company-files company-capf)
    :modes inferior-python-mode
    :variables
    company-minimum-prefix-length 0
    company-idle-delay 0.5)
  (when (configuration-layer/package-used-p 'pip-requirements)
    (spacemacs|add-company-backends
      :backends company-capf
      :modes pip-requirements-mode)))

I've tried setting this variable to 2 with a mode hook as well as by using M-x customize

This hook in my init file has zero effect (maybe I'm doing something wrong):

  (add-hook 'inferior-python-mode-hook
            (lambda ()
              (setq-local company-minimum-prefix-length 2)))

M-x customize-variable also has zero effect in the python buffer although it works in other buffers. After save and apply in the customize-variable buffer M-x describe-variable yields this:

Its value is 0
Original value was 3
Local in buffer *Python*; global value is 2

The minimum prefix length for idle completion.

  Automatically becomes buffer-local when set.
  You can customize this variable.

[back]

The only way I can change the variable is by using M-x set-variable after the buffer loads. This change is overridden if I restart the buffer with M-x python-shell-restart. Is there any way I can write a hook that will set the variable after all other mode hooks?

Answer 1

Adding a hook on company-mode instead of inferior-python-mode worked presumably due to the order in which the modes run.

  (add-hook 'company-mode-hook
            (lambda ()
              (if
                  (equal major-mode 'inferior-python-mode)
                  (setq-local company-minimum-prefix-length 2))))