Subject: bug#15616: 24.3; Setting lexical-binding in file's local variables block should trigger a warning

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 23:04:33 -0400

> Actually, my testing indicates that the documentation is inaccurate:
> lexical-binding can be set via either the first line or a local variables
> block, and it will take effect in both cases when the file is compiled. This
> is on version 24.3.1. So I guess the documentation just needs to be updated.

No.  The doc is right.  It sometimes work, but not always (more
specifically, it doesn't work if loaded uncompiled, IIRC).

        Stefan