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28.1.90; Can local variables be loaded before loading major mode?

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Message #57 received at 57003 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 57003 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#57003: 28.1.90; Can local variables be loaded before
 loading major mode?
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2022 13:33:31 +1200

On 2022-08-13 00:38, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> gmail.com> writes:
>> Why not instead add something that is run _after_
>> kill-all-local-variables?
> 
> That'd work for things that use `define-derived-mode', but not all 
> modes
> are defined that way and call `kill-all-local-variables' "manually".

Just as `kill-all-local-variables' runs `change-major-mode-hook'
before doing anything else, it could run another hook at the end
before returning.

(Caveat: I've not been following this discussion recently, so I'm
not actually sure if that covers the requirement or not.)

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