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bug#60643: 29.0.50; set-buffer-major-mode resets buffer local variables
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#60643: 29.0.50; set-buffer-major-mode resets buffer local variables |
Date: |
Sun, 08 Jan 2023 08:00:11 +0200 |
> Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2023 20:48:54 -0800
> From: Joseph Turner via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
> the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
>
> It appears that set-buffer-major-mode resets buffer local variables.
>
> To reproduce with `emacs -Q`:
>
> (defvar-local test-var nil)
> (setq test-var t)
> (message "%s" test-var) ;; t
> ;; (set-auto-mode)
> (set-buffer-major-mode (current-buffer))
> (message "%s" test-var) ;; nil
>
> Is this behavior expected?
Yes, I think so. Changing the major mode kills all buffer-local
variables. If you don't want some variable to be killed, give it the
permanent-local property.