Subject: bug#64281: [Feature Request] Recognize “#” syntax

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2023 11:46:13 -0400

>> It seems that this is a intentional behavior:
>>
>> <https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/File-Local-Variables.html>:
>>
>> > For additional safety, read-circle is temporarily bound to nil when
>> > Emacs reads file-local variables.
>>
>> No further question; can be closed now.
>>
>> (I wonder if we can treat ~/.emacs.d/.dir-locals.el specially, or tell
>>  Emacs which files can be treated specially -- enable read-circle.)
>
> Stefan, any comments before we close this?

file/dir-local variables are dangerous enough as it is, I think.  If you
want to do better, you can use an actual ELisp file.

        Stefan