bug#6493:

[Chong Yidong]

Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> writes:

> The conclusion is that Chong thinks that "position" should be kept,
> and Drew thinks that it is redundant.
>
> I agree with Drew. The manual says clearly: "The active cursor shows
> the location at which editing commands will
> take effect, which is called "point"(1)."
>
> So I'd like to commit his proposal ("Return the integer value of point
> or mark, whichever is smaller.") and just get rid of this bug.

Go ahead.