GNU bug report logs - #58506
Use ".dir-locals.eld" and ".dir-locals-2.eld" when they exist

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Message #53 received at 58506 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 58506 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>,
 Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: Re: bug#58506: Use ".dir-locals.eld" and ".dir-locals-2.eld" when
 they exist
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2022 12:00:35 +0200

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net> writes:
>
>> My only objection to "something like" this is that it appears to be Lisp
>> code, and people could get surprised when they try to add something that
>> isn't (eg. a regular `add-to-list' call that had a quote -- beginners
>> often get tripped up on these minor syntactic points).
>
> Then I guess `add-to-list' wouldn't be a good "directive" here.

But, yes, that's a good point about making these directives look too
much like Lisp code, so perhaps a different kind of syntax would be
nice...  but what?

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