GNU bug report logs - #55798
font-lock-fontify-syntactically-region uses point without initializing it.

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: acm <at> muc.de, larsi <at> gnus.org, 55798 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#55798: font-lock-fontify-syntactically-region uses point without initializing it.
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 18:14:48 -0400

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      > Point is at POS when this function returns.

That way of saying it could be confusing because it doesn't describe
an action.  It sounds like a coincidence.  Would this be clearer?

     This function finishes by moving point to POS.
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