+ * This function executes a hook that allows for an arbitrary
+ * return value from each plugin that will be merged into one
+ * array (or one string if all return values are strings) and
+ * returned to the core hook location.
+ *
+ * Note that unlike PHP's array_merge function, matching array keys
+ * will not overwrite each other, instead, values under such keys
+ * will be concatenated if they are both strings, or merged if they
+ * are arrays (in the same (non-overwrite) manner recursively).
+ *
+ * Plugins returning non-arrays (strings, objects, etc) will have
+ * their output added to the end of the ultimate return array,
+ * unless ALL values returned are strings, in which case one string
+ * with all returned strings concatenated together is returned.
+ *
+ * If any plugin on this hook wants to modify the $args
+ * plugin parameter, it simply has to use call-by-reference
+ * syntax in the hook function that it has registered for the
+ * current hook. Note that this is in addition to (entirely
+ * independent of) the return value for this hook.
+ *
+ * @param string $name Name of hook being executed
+ * @param mixed $args A single value or an array of arguments
+ * that are to be passed to all plugins
+ * operating off the hook being called.
+ * Note that this argument is passed by
+ * reference thus it is liable to be
+ * changed after the hook completes.
+ *
+ * @return mixed the merged return arrays or strings of each
+ * plugin on this hook.