Subject: Re: bug#25015: 26.0.50; beginning-of-defun-raw goes too far

From: Andreas Röhler <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 18:18:26 +0100

On 24.11.2016 17:59, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Marcin Borkowski <[email-masked]>
>> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 14:03:30 +0100
>>
>> consider this in an Elisp-mode buffer:
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> ;; Comment header
>>
>> -!-(defun func-1 (arg)
>>    "docstring"
>>    body)
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> (-!- means the point).
> This means point is actually _before_ the function, right?

Assume the drawing was meant to say: at start position.

>
>> Type M-x beginning-of-defun-raw.  The point moves to the beginning
>> of buffer instead of staying where it is.
> Do you still think it's a problem?
>
>
>

IMHO it's a design question. Which might be answered with the current 
state. OTOH seen from the editors point, just returning nil of no 
further from is available seems convenient - that way the current 
position isn't lost.