bug#4101: 23.1.50; goto-line pushes mark

bug#4101: 23.1.50; goto-line pushes mark

[Helmut Eller]

goto-line pushes mark.  This is not documented and makes goto-line
essentially useless as a lisp function.

Helmut

bug#4101: marked as done (23.1.50; goto-line pushes mark)

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From: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut@gmail.com>
To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org
Subject: 23.1.50; goto-line pushes mark
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:13:52 +0200
Message-ID: <m2prb4tfn3.fsf@gmail.com>


goto-line pushes mark.  This is not documented and makes goto-line
essentially useless as a lisp function.

Helmut


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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#4101: 23.1.50; goto-line pushes mark
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:38:47 -0400
Message-ID: <jwv3a7z1vm9.fsf-monnier+emacsbugreports@gnu.org>

> goto-line pushes mark.  This is not documented and makes goto-line
> essentially useless as a lisp function.

Thanks.  Indeed, it should usually not be called from Lisp.
I've added it to byte-compile-interactive-only-functions so the
byte-compiler will warn you.
I've also changed the docstring.


        Stefan

bug#4101: 23.1.50; goto-line pushes mark

[Richard Stallman]

    goto-line pushes mark.  This is not documented and makes goto-line
    essentially useless as a lisp function.

In lisp you may as well do

   (goto-char (point-min))
   (forward-line N)