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26.0.50; Generalized variable `buffer-local-value' does't restore local flag

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Message #47 received at 26624 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com, 26624 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: bug#26624: 26.0.50;
 Generalized variable `buffer-local-value' does't restore local flag
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 18:10:49 +0200

> From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
> Cc: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>,  26624 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
> Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2017 23:19:33 +0100
> 
> I guess it's not really worth the time to implement an infrastructure
> for gv-expander obsoletion, because we will probably make use of it only
> every 150 years (estimation).  So it could be that nobody wants to do
> this for quite a while.
> 
> Would it be acceptable if the gv setter of `buffer-local-value' would
> just print a warning (i.e., solve it "by hand")?  Not perfect, admitted,
> but still much better than leaving this unfixed.

Is it (better than leaving this unfixed)?

In any case, I don't think I understand the suggestion in detail.  Can
you show a patch or an idea of a patch?

Thanks.

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