Subject: bug#36837: 26.2; whitespace-mode: whitespace-line-column is not set to local fill-column

From: Noam Postavsky <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 15:28:01 -0400

Štěpán Němec <[email-masked]> writes:

> On Fri, 02 Aug 2019 17:04:35 +0200
> Andreas Schwab wrote:
>
>> On Aug 02 2019, Štěpán Němec <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, unfortunately, file-local variables are only setup (via
>>> `hack-local-variables') _after_ the mode hooks are run
>>
>> I'd guess the reason is that file local variables should override mode
>> stettings.
>
> Sure, but isn't that precisely an argument for the reverse order?
> Typically those settings are in defvars/defcustoms and thus if set
> before loading the library the user value is respected.

It sounds like you are confusing defcustom settings with file-local
variable settings.  Those are two very different things.  At any rate,
there is no "library being loaded" here.

See also (info "(emacs) File Variables")