From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: save-excursion and the mark Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 13:30:33 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20150224103716.5cb7c25f@anarchist.wooz.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1424889054 21782 80.91.229.3 (25 Feb 2015 18:30:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 18:30:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: barry@python.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 25 19:30:46 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YQgjM-0005li-BB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2015 19:30:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55888 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YQgjL-0004Co-MC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2015 13:30:43 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58941) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YQgjH-0004CH-6n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2015 13:30:39 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YQgjB-0001Sq-TO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2015 13:30:38 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:46278) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YQgjB-0001Sk-R1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2015 13:30:33 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YQgjB-00083X-El; Wed, 25 Feb 2015 13:30:33 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Stefan Monnier on Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:27:54 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:183501 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] Why not make a new construct with a different name, such as 'save-point', to save only point. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.