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Specifying File Variables: mention why can't specify "current file"

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 34130 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 6615 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Subject: Re: bug#34130: Specifying File Variables: mention why can't specify
 "current file"
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 21:28:06 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> On (info "(emacs) Specifying File Variables")
>> at
>> 
>>      # Local Variables:
>>      # compile-command: "cc foo.c -Dfoo=bar -Dhack=whatever \
>>      #   -Dmumble=blaah"
>>      # End:
>> 
>> do also mention why there is absolutely no way to say "<<<current file>>>",
>> $$$${current_file} etc. if one wanted to, instead of needing to hardwire
>> the filename (foo.c) of the file (foo.c) into the file (foo.c) itself! Thanks.
>
> Is something wrong with using buffer-file-name?  You could create
> compile-command by using 'eval', which can accept Emacs functions.

Indeed, so I don't think there's anything here to be fixed.  Closing.

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