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Hello,

I need to attach a some values to a buffer for later use. I have tried
using buffer local variables, but it seems they are forgotten as soon
as I switch major mode. How could I work around that? Here is my test
code:


(defvar my-var nil)
(make-variable-buffer-local 'my-var)

(defun my-set-var ()
	(interactive)
	(switch-to-buffer (get-buffer-create "*test*"))
	(setq my-var "test")
	;; (text-mode) ;; If I uncomment this line, variable is forgotten.
)

(defun my-show-var ()
	(interactive)
	(message "my-var is: %s" my-var))

Thanks.