From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Instead of `risky-local-variable'
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 23:47:44 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y80uqscv.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1F4Vs2-0005HQ-1z@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard M. Stallman's message of "Wed, 01 Feb 2006 23:14:58 -0500")
"Richard M. Stallman" <rms@gnu.org> writes:
> > I'm considering a more reliable replacement for the
> > `risky-local-variable' mechanism. My idea is that only defcustom'ed
> > variables could be specified in a local variables list, and that the
> > :type together with the specified value would determine whether a
> > variable is safe.
>
> This won't work for defcustoms that haven't been loaded yet.
>
> It would probably refuse to bind the variable in such a case, but is
> that really a problem in practice? A file local binding is useful
> because the variable is going to do something, which means the package
> that obeys it needs to be loaded.
It might be a problem for variables associated with minor modes that
the user may only turn on after visiting the file.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-02-02 4:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-24 16:47 Instead of `risky-local-variable' Richard M. Stallman
2006-02-01 0:27 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-02-01 2:46 ` Chong Yidong
2006-02-02 4:14 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-02-02 4:47 ` Chong Yidong [this message]
2006-02-01 11:03 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-02-02 4:16 ` Richard M. Stallman
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