Subject: bug#9575: 23.3; M-x describe-coding-system and auto-coding-alist not used

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 19:39:49 -0700

Jari Aalto <[email-masked]> writes:

> PROBLEM
>
> If I understand correct, this listing reflects the values of
> file-coding-system-alist.
>
> The shown listing is not correct, because it doesn't consider:
>
>     auto-coding-alist's value is shown below.
>     ...
>     The settings in this alist take priority over `coding:' tags
>     in the file (see the function `set-auto-coding')
>     and the contents of `file-coding-system-alist'.

I've now made this command output that variable before the data from
`file-coding-system-alist' in Emacs 27.

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