GNU bug report logs - #57003
28.1.90; Can local variables be loaded before loading major mode?

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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> gmail.com>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 57003 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57003: 28.1.90; Can local variables be loaded before
 loading major mode?
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 11:15:01 +0800

Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> writes:

>   > Maybe something like 'early-local property instead of 'permanent-local?
>   > It will not break the existing cases, while allowing the major modes or
>   > users to mark the variables that are safe to load early.
>
> Could you spell out the behavior you propose `early-local' to have?
> From those three lines, I am not sure what it would do.

'early-local will apply file/directory-local variables _before_ executing
the major-mode body. In contrast, the variables without this property
are applied _after_ executing the major-mode body.

Currently, all the file/directory-locals are applied after executing the
major-mode body.

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