Re: save-excursion and save-current-buffer - edits to the manual

[Chong Yidong]

Uday S Reddy <address@hidden> writes:

> The debate on save-excursion getting "defeated" flared up again on
> gnu.emacs.help.  Somebody noticed that the Lisp manual hasn't been
> updated properly to take account of the new compiler warning.
>
> The attached patch/bundle is an attempt to explain the situation as
> well as to provide guidance on how to use these forms correctly.
> Please let me have any comments.

Thank you.  I've committed a patch, along the same lines but using
different wording, to the branch.