Re: point-min and 1

[Chong Yidong]

martin rudalics <address@hidden> writes:

>>> We have some 1000 occurrences of `(goto-char (point-min))' in current
>>> Emacs.  If this really made a difference, we should replace them.
>>
>> I'd rather change the byte-compiler to change it for us if we really
>> find it to be necessary.
>
> I'd opt for two new primitives `goto-point-min' and `goto-point-max'.

I seriously doubt that this forms any kind of performance bottleneck,
but if anyone would like to try and measure it, please go ahead.