Re: Why is not end-of-defun-function buffer local?

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > It surprises me that beginning/end-of-defun-function are not always
> > buffer local.
>
> Why force them to be buffer-local?  When you need to set them in
> a buffer, just do
>
>   (set (make-local-variable 'end-of-defun-function) 'foo)
>
> If you think that's too long, then you may want to request a new
> `setq-local' macro.


setq-local would be a good idea.

But I do not understand how you think in this case. Are not the 
variables above always meant to be buffer local?

Looking at some code that is a bit older it looks like some of it uses 
make-local-variable where it is not needed since the variables in 
question are always buffer local. From that I draw the conclusion that 
the code in Emacs uses make-variable-buffer-local more often now. Is not 
that the case?