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Re: save-excursion and the mark
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Richard Stallman |
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Re: save-excursion and the mark |
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Thu, 26 Feb 2015 19:13:42 -0500 |
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> If save-excursion is in practice never used to save&restore the mark,
> then changing save-excursion would be a lot simpler and would save us
> from introducing a 99% redundant `save-point'.
That's true, if it is _never_ used that way. But it is hard to verify
_never_, and we can expect some things to break. I think the principle
of avoiding incompatible changes is enough reason to pay the small price
of adding one more very simple construct.
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- Re: save-excursion and the mark, Stefan Monnier, 2015/02/24
- Re: save-excursion and the mark, Barry Warsaw, 2015/02/24
- Re: save-excursion and the mark, Artur Malabarba, 2015/02/24
- Re: save-excursion and the mark, Stefan Monnier, 2015/02/24
- Re: save-excursion and the mark, Artur Malabarba, 2015/02/24
- Re: save-excursion and the mark, Barry Warsaw, 2015/02/25
- Re: save-excursion and the mark, Stefan Monnier, 2015/02/25
- RE: save-excursion and the mark, Drew Adams, 2015/02/25
- Re: save-excursion and the mark, Richard Stallman, 2015/02/25
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