On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 2:34 PM Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru> wrote:

> On 21.10.2019 16:15, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > it was that we shouldn't make the decision before we have
> > a good understanding of the problem beyond the specific issue with
> > .dir-locals.el
>
> I think we do, they are just spread evenly across this discussion.
>
> 1. Flycheck will have to duplicate the same filename check. And IDK if
> the same problem applies to other similar files mentioned in this
> discussion. I can't find the beginning of this discussion. The current
> thread starts with Lars's "Makes sense to me" in my email client.
>
> 2. elisp-completion-at-point will need to add the same check and do
> something different to give better results when such file is being
> edited. E.g. currently where the user types a variable name is suggests
> functions only (in .dir-locals.el).
>
> 3. (add-hook 'after-load-functions
> #'elisp--font-lock-flush-elisp-buffers) seems strictly unnecessary in
> such files.
>
> 4. project-vc-external-roots-function should probably be nil, but it's
> not really hurting anyone.
>

Add `which-function-mode` to the list, please, also produces
bogus results.

João