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28.1; lisp_file_lexically_bound_p behavior mismatches file local variables

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
Cc: 64272 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, andpuke <at> foxmail.com, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: bug#64272: 28.1; lisp_file_lexically_bound_p behavior mismatches file local variables
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2023 18:23:23 +0300

> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2023 15:18:34 +0000
> From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
> cc: LdBeth <andpuke <at> foxmail.com>, 64272 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 
>     monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
> 
> > I'm sorry to bust this particular wedding, but here we see once again 
> > what became a frequent pattern in Emacs: a tiny problem, perhaps 
> > affecting one or a few users who happen to bump into it the first time 
> > they try something, which then causes quite serious changes to low-level 
> > infrastructure in Emacs that has been working flawlessly for years, and 
> > by doing that destabilize Emacs for no good reason.  IOW, a tail that 
> > wags the dog.
> >
> > Happens time and again in Emacs, and we all fail to pay attention.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > That said, I know I will be downvoted, and so will not object any 
> > changes in this wrong direction.  Let the resultant breakage speak for 
> > itself.
> >
> 
> Not that my opinion counts, but FWIW, I agree with the above, and I upvote 
> this.

Thank you!  (And your opinion does count, at least here.)

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