From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: `save-exursion' makes a comeback!
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:23:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d3lso1a6.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.3.1300201687.14512.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> Forget about `save-excursion' "saving" or "restoring" or
> "hiding" or "protecting" anything. Forget about it "defeating"
> or being "defeated". Forget all of that right now.
>
> The real name of `save-excursion' is `come-back-here'.
> Just remember that and Bob's your uncle.
M-: (with-temp-buffer (let ((b (current-buffer))) (save-excursion
(set-buffer "*scratch*") (kill-buffer b))) (current-buffer)) RET
--
David Kastrup
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2011-03-15 15:23 ` David Kastrup [this message]
2011-03-15 16:02 ` `save-exursion' makes a comeback! Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.4.1300204937.1264.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-15 16:11 ` David Kastrup
2011-03-16 12:48 ` Uday S Reddy
2011-03-15 15:07 Drew Adams
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