On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 1:12 AM, Andreas Röhler <
andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> `byte-compile-file' sends a warning
>
> `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer'
>

Either the compiler warning or the manual is wrong (
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/elisp/html_node/Current-Buffer.html):

Therefore, you should normally use set-buffer within a save-current-buffer
 or *save-excursion* (see
Excursions<http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/elisp/html_node/Excursions.html#Excursions>)
form that will restore the current buffer when your function is done. Here,
as an example, is a simplified version of the command append-to-buffer:


-- 
Le