Subject: bug#24625: 26.0.50; Local variables list at beginning of a file

From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 03:55:14 +0100

[email-masked] writes:

> This a feature request.
>
> Feature: A local variables list can be put near the beginning of a file
> and gets interpreted when the file gets loaded.  (Completely analogue to
> the behavior of the local variables list near the bottom of a file.)

Thank you for suggesting this feature.

I think this would unduly slow down opening of files, and the benefit
is not clear since we also have the "-*- ... -*-" line.  I would
therefore suggest to not implement this feature.

Does anyone else have an opinion here?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas