GNU bug report logs - #74879
30.0.92; trusted-content-p and trusted-files cannot be used for non-file buffers

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: dmitry <at> gutov.dev, mail <at> daniel-mendler.de, 74879 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefankangas <at> gmail.com, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: bug#74879: 30.0.92; trusted-content-p and trusted-files cannot be used for non-file buffers
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 09:15:32 +0200

> Cc: mail <at> daniel-mendler.de, 74879 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca,
>  dmitry <at> gutov.dev
> From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 17:53:55 -0500
> 
> I continue to urge renaming of this file local variable to
> `trusted-code' because that word precisely fits what gets trusted in
> this way in the files that you mark with it.

I think "trusted-code" would be a misnomer, since nowadays stuff that
can cause Emacs to execute arbitrary code can come from a source that
is not code at all.  A notable example that comes to mind is Org
formatted text.  Many people will not consider that to be "code".

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