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    Ted> Also, C-h v and customize-variable should say that project.el has
    Ted> overridden a variable, so the user doesn't have to wonder.  There should
    Ted> also be a user-visible message when project.el is detected and used.

    Do we do these things for file-local variables?

C-h v does say if the variable is buffer-local.

If you think it would be useful to give more details,
please implement that.