bug#10906: 24.0.94; `c-mark-function' does set the mark well

[Alan Mackenzie]

On Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 12:03:48AM +0100, Dani Moncayo wrote:
> > Hello, Dani.

> Hi Alan.

> >> > Regarding bug#10906, I think `c-mark-function' should be rewritten
> >> > to follow the logic of `mark-defun'.

> > Any chance of a quick summary of how c-mark-function differs from
> > mark-defun?

> AFAIK, they differ at least in two things:

> 1. `mark-defun' saves the original point location in the mark ring,
> whereas `c-mark-function' does not.  IMO, the point should be saved,
> because in large defuns it may jump to a remote location and you may
> want to return back to the original position.  This bug report is
> about this inconsistency, as you can see in the original post.

> 2. Successive interactive invocations of `mark-defun' extend the
> region to the next defuns (which I find useful), whereas
> `c-mark-function' does not have this feature.  Bug #5525 is a request
> to remove this inconsistency, as you can see in the corresponding
> thread.

> >> Agreed, and BTW, if `c-mark-function' is going to be revised, please,
> >> take also this problem into account:

> >> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=5525

> > Again, what is this bug?  Could you not even quote the title line from
> > it?

> I think this question is already answered.

Thanks!

> -- 
> Dani Moncayo

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).