bug#55039: [PATCH] Use VC-relative file names in ChangeLog entries

[Visuwesh]

[வியாழன் செப்டம்பர் 08, 2022] Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:

> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>
>> Generally speaking, the ability to set a variable only if the symbol is
>> bound would be useful for features like these.
>
> Yes, that would be very nice.  But I think introducing something like
> that would be difficult...
>
> Introduce a new syntax like
>
> ;; Local Variables:
> ;; foo-bar: t boundp
> ;; End:
>
> is difficult to make backwards-compatible, but perhaps we can come up
> with something that older Emacsen will ignore but newer ones can parse?

Can we not change where boundp is located?  I.e.,

;; boundp foo-bar: t

?  IMO, this also reads nicely.