Re: Should `auto-fill-function' be a safe local variable?

[Leo]

On 2009-01-06 21:39 +0000, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> I have to disable auto-fill-mode for one file and it seems setting
>> auto-fill-function to nil in the file's local variables is a good
>> way. However, since auto-fill-function is currently marked risky, it
>> requires a confirmation each time the file is opened.
>
> How do you confirm?  The confirmation dialog offers you to make your
> choice stick, so that subsequent uses of this settings are accepted
> without confirmation.  Did you use that?

There is no such option.

,----
| The local variables list in example.tex
| contains variables that are risky (**).
| 
| Do you want to apply it?  You can type
| y  -- to apply the local variables list.
| n  -- to ignore the local variables list.
| 
|  ** auto-fill-function : nil
`----

>> So should `auto-fill-function' be a safe local variable?
>
> Of course not.  It's safe to set it to nil, but not to set it to some
> arbitrary value such as (lambda (&rest) (wreak-havoc)).

Maybe value nil should be marked safe as RMS suggested in another thread.

>         Stefan

Cheers,
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