Subject: bug#20640: 24.5; lexical-binding should work like a normal file-local variable

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 13:12:31 -0400

> A few years ago, we said (IIUC) it was desirable:
> http://debbugs.gnu.org/10605

Well, *you* said, but *we* didn't, IIUC.

For me, as long as we intend to allow running .el files without
byte-compiling them, I think allowing lexical-binding to be specified at
the end of the file would be a design mistake.

        Stefan