Re: Can we make set_point_both less expensive?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 23:02:49 -0400
> Cc: Emacs developers <address@hidden>
> 
> > overlays. Setting inhibit-point-motion-hooks helped, but it occurs to me
> > that the operation shouldn't have been expensive in the first place.
> 
> goto-char should never trigger any hook.  Properties such as
> `intangible' are misfeatures, IMO.

Does that include 'point-entered' and 'point-exited' as well?  If so,
can you explain why they are misfeatures?