GNU bug report logs - #9044
24.0.50; File mode specification error: (error "Malformed -*- line")

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Freenet.DE>

Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 23:37:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>, Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> freenet.de>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>, 9044 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9044: 24.0.50; File mode specification error: (error "Malformed -*- line")
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:50:30 +0200

Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> writes:

> (2) changing hack-local-variables-prop-line to return nil instead of
> signalling an error for the "Malformed mode line" case.
>
> Does anyone see a problem with this approach (in particular (2))?

Sounds good to me.  Not being able to examine a file just because of
spurious text in the file isn't very nice.

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