[theme-reviewers] Ticket recheck by Admin

[Michael Fields]

 > We currently require derivatives of Twenty Ten/Twenty Twelve to use 
their own namespace for function names, hooks, etc. I see no reason to 
treat Underscores derivatives any differently.

As far as I can tell from reading 
http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review the use of prefixes on hooks 
names is not a requirement. There are two places where prefixes are 
discussed:

1. Theme Namespacing: " Themes are *required* to use a unique slug as a 
prefix for all custom function names, classes, public/global variables, 
database entries (Theme options, post custom metadata, etc.) "

2. Security and Privacy: " Themes are *required* to prefix all options, 
custom functions, custom variables, and custom constants with theme-slug 
(or appropriate variant)."

Required prefixes for hooks are not listed in either sentence.
Is there another place where this is addressed?

I do not believe that themes should be required to prefix all hook names 
used in the theme. There are valid use-cases for not prefixing them like 
plugin integration: 
https://github.com/mfields/nighthawk/blob/master/category.php#L23

If this was to be added to the requirements, would it be possible to add 
a case-by-case clause to it somehow?
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