Re: Can we expand the valid location of "Local Variables" ?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Robert Pluim <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden,  address@hidden,  address@hidden
> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 16:28:49 +0100
> 
> >>>>> On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 16:17:46 +0200, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> said:
> 
>     >> From: Robert Pluim <address@hidden>
>     >> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 09:25:28 +0100
>     >> Cc: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>, address@hidden
>     >> 
>     >> Would providing a defcustom be such a hardship?
> 
>     Eli> Given that "enlarging the limit is a bad idea", I'm not even sure we
>     Eli> should provide a variable.  We definitely shouldn't document
>     Eli> it.
> 
> In that case we shouldnʼt even provide the variable, no?

Possibly.  Stefan didn't say why he thought adding a variable was an
improvement, but my guess would be ease of change in the future.