GNU bug report logs - #23567
find-function-search-for-symbol of find-func.el leaves point moved but should not

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Robert Weiner <rswgnu <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 01:41:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Robert Weiner <rswgnu <at> gmail.com>, 23567 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23567: find-function-search-for-symbol of find-func.el leaves point moved but should not
Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 02:47:48 +0300

Hi Robert,

On 05/17/2016 10:51 PM, Robert Weiner wrote:

> One example of where this causes a problem is in xref-location-marker
> of elisp-mode.el.  Again, that is called simply to return the marker
> but because it calls find-function-search-for-symbol, it can move
> point and cause other problems.

Could you please describe a step-by-step scenario illustrating such 
problem? Preferably starting with 'emacs -Q'.
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