Re: how to use an external dir-locals file?

[Stefan Monnier]

> I imagined simply doing a dynamic let-bind around the call initially,
> but if it's going to be a feature, then I could make it easier to
> associate a dir-locals override with a file (matched by name).

Hmm... I think I misunderstood the intended usage.
Could you give more details about your use-case?
E.g. why not do something like

   (let ((tmp-foo-setting (lambda () (setq-local foo-indent 5))))
     (unwind-protect
         (progn
           (add-hook 'foo-mode-hook tmp-foo-setting)
           <doit>)
       (remove-hook 'foo-mode-hook tmp-foo-setting)))


-- Stefan