From: Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Why may some Org regexps be risky when set as buffer-local variables?
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 14:54:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87siq1m7oi.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87lhvtkvev.fsf@gmail.com
Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> writes:
> Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi List,
>>
>> there are dozens of regexps that are set as buffer-local variables when
>> org-mode is turned on as major-mode, but other regexps are defined and
>> set only once as global variables when e.g. org.el is loaded, and the
>> docstring of these variables often reads like this:
>>
>> ,---------------------------------------------------------------
>> | org-block-regexp is a variable defined in `org.el'.
>> | Its value is [...]
>> |
>> | This variable may be risky if used as a file-local variable.
>> |
>> | Documentation:
>> | Regular expression for hiding blocks.
>> `---------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> Why are these variables considered risky when used as a file-local
>> variables? Was this "risk" the prime reason to make them global - or are
>> they global simply because there was no special reason to make them
>> buffer-local?
>
> All it means is that nobody has gone to the trouble of certifying them
> as safe. By default, file local variable are considered risky. See
>
> (info "(emacs) Safe File Variables")
>
> for more.
Ok, then as long as these variables hold strings there is no risk anyway
since e.g. (eval "(+ 2 2)") gives "(+ 2 2)" and not 4. Thanks.
--
cheers,
Thorsten
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2014-03-29 11:46 Why may some Org regexps be risky when set as buffer-local variables? Thorsten Jolitz
2014-03-29 13:04 ` Nick Dokos
2014-03-29 13:54 ` Thorsten Jolitz [this message]
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