Subject: bug#20070: 24.3; have commands such as downcase-region act on a rectangle region

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 18:07:13 -0400

> -           (setq s (point))
> +           (setq s (point-marker))

Why return markers rather than integers?
`region-beginning/region-end' return integers, not markers.
The function receiving these positions can easily turn them into markers
if it needs it.

        Stefan