26.1; File-local eval is ignored

[Michael Brand]

Hi all

This minimal complete example does not show "Wrap" in the modeline
because file-local settings like ~eval: (visual-line-mode 1)~ are
ignored:

emacs-26.1 -Q -l viper.el fundamental

The modeline shows "Wrap" as expected only if I downgrade to Emacs
25.2 or omit ~-l viper.el~ or rename fundamental to text.txt to change
the major mode. Is this a regression bug?

viper.el:
--------------------
(setq-default viper-mode t)
(setq-default viper-inhibit-startup-message t)
(setq-default viper-expert-level 5)
(require 'viper)
--------------------

fundamental:
--------------------
-*- eval: (visual-line-mode 1) -*-
--------------------

Michael