(read-file-local-variable-value):

Provide default value only for bound variables.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index bd1333af152..cb99af982e5 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-10-11  Juri Linkov  <juri@jurta.org>
+
+        * files-x.el (read-file-local-variable-value):
+        Provide default value only for bound variables (bug#4664).
+
 2009-10-11  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
 
         * net/tramp.el (tramp-local-host-p): Function shall return nil for
diff --git a/lisp/files-x.el b/lisp/files-x.el
index 3ad3f90e407..8261df18b51 100644
--- a/lisp/files-x.el
+++ b/lisp/files-x.el
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ Intended to be used in the `interactive' spec of
                          nil 'set-variable-value-history
                          (format "%S"
                                  (cond ((eq variable 'unibyte) t)
-                                       (t (symbol-value variable))))))))))
+                                       ((boundp variable)
+                                        (symbol-value variable))))))))))
 
 (defun read-file-local-variable-mode ()
   "Read per-directory file-local variable's mode using completion.