Somehow strange behaviour of `mark-sexp'

[Thorsten Jolitz]

Hi List, 

when doing 'C-h v mark-sexp' I see this (excerpt):

,-----------------------------------------------------------------
| mark-sexp is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `lisp.el'.
| 
| It is bound to C-M-@, C-M-SPC.
`-----------------------------------------------------------------

Now, moving point to the beginning of C-M-@ and calling ` mark-sexp',

,-----
| C-M-
`-----

is marked. When moving point to the @ at the end of C-M-@ and calling
`mark-sexp',

,-----------
| @, C-M-SPC
`-----------

is marked, which I found a bit counter-intuitive.

PS 1

`forward-sexp' acts like that too

PS 2

I'm working on the console

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten