Re: Specifying mode in file variables trouble

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> In other words: Emacs adds "-mode". That is frustrating, but can of
>> course not be changed. However if Emacs finds that this fails, can it
>> then check for just the given "symbol"?
> 
> That'd be a security hole, since opening some random file might then
> call any arbitrary function.


Hm. Good point. I guess there is nothing to do about it then.