Re: Pushing the mark from a primitive like goto-char

[Stefan Kangas]

Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com> writes:

>> goto-char is an interactive function that has the potential to take you
>> long distances, so it might be a good idea, for user convenience, to
>> push the mark as a documented side effect (is it a good idea?).
>
> goto-char is a low-level primitive that's used pervasively in Emacs
> Lisp code. I think that pushing the mark would be a way too drastic
> change.

Agreed.

But would it perhaps make sense to push the mark only when it is called
interactively?  Or to replace `M-g c' with a new command that also
pushes mark?