From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Instead of `risky-local-variable' Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 12:03:31 +0100 Message-ID: References: <200602010027.k110RHJ14939@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138824861 1775 80.91.229.2 (1 Feb 2006 20:14:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 20:14:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 01 21:14:15 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F4OMI-0000C5-Mz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Feb 2006 21:13:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F4O20-0007zj-0v for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Feb 2006 14:52:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F4KEv-0007Ai-21 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Feb 2006 10:49:49 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F4KEr-000792-Me for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Feb 2006 10:49:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F4Fpy-0006Mv-6h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Feb 2006 06:07:48 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.236] (helo=pfepb.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1F4FoW-0002I4-Pf; Wed, 01 Feb 2006 06:06:17 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx3.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepb.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id ABD98A500FF; Wed, 1 Feb 2006 12:04:26 +0100 (CET) Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-Reply-To: <200602010027.k110RHJ14939@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (Luc Teirlinck's message of "Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:27:17 -0600 (CST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:49873 Archived-At: Luc Teirlinck writes: > Richard Stallman wrote: > > 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. > > What do people think? > > I personally think that this sounds like a pretty radical change, > supposedly "relatively shortly" before a release. Any reason why this > can not wait till after the release? I don't even want to think about this before the release! -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk