Re: Edebug corrupting point in buffers; we need buffer-point and set-buffer-point, perhaps.

[Stefan Monnier]

Eli Zaretskii [2022-10-31 20:10:43] wrote:
>> Maybe we should try and make sure redisplay itself (rather than, or
>> in addition, I'm not sure) preserves buffer points?
>
> We do try and make sure it does.  There are quite a few places in the
> code where we jump through many hoops to make sure this is true.

Hmm... maybe we should investigate exactly why the buffer's point is
modified in Alan's case.  Maybe it should indeed be Edebug's role to
save&restore those, but maybe what he's seeing is just a plain
bug elsewhere.


        Stefan