GNU bug report logs - #34131
File Variable doc: Remove the quotes on "variable"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 06:38:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug, wontfix

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: File Variable doc: Remove the quotes on "variable"
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 08:45:10 +0800

In (info "(emacs) Safe File Variables")

   File-local variables can be dangerous; when you visit someone else’s
   file, there’s no telling what its local variables list could do to your
   Emacs.  Improper values of the ‘eval’ “variable”, and other variables

                                            ^        ^ please remove the
                                            quotes on “variable”.

   such as ‘load-path’, could execute Lisp code you didn’t intend to run.

(Or is there really is a variable variable, link something to it.)
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bug#34131; Package emacs. (Sat, 19 Jan 2019 07:29:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 34131 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34131: File Variable doc: Remove the quotes on "variable"
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 09:27:35 +0200

> From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
> 	<jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
> Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 08:45:10 +0800
> 
> In (info "(emacs) Safe File Variables")
> 
>    File-local variables can be dangerous; when you visit someone else’s
>    file, there’s no telling what its local variables list could do to your
>    Emacs.  Improper values of the ‘eval’ “variable”, and other variables
> 
>                                             ^        ^ please remove the
>                                             quotes on “variable”.

It's in quotes because it isn't really a variable, it's a function
call in disguise.
Severity set to 'wishlist' from 'normal' Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 19 Jan 2019 11:21:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Added tag(s) notabug and wontfix. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 19 Jan 2019 11:21:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug closed, send any further explanations to 34131 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 19 Jan 2019 11:21:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 16 Feb 2019 12:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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