Re: point-min and 1

[martin rudalics]

> I don't see how this "discussion" would be implified,

It wouldn't have taken place in the first place.

> typing is
> simplified only marginally,

Indeed.  `goto-bob' and `goto-eob' would simplify completion.

> and understanding is usually affected
> negatively when simple, logical language idioms are replaced by
> functions with a separate name.

Not in this case: Instances of (goto-char 1) like those in reftex-* or
`edit-tab-stops-note-changes' could have been avoided so understanding
these would have been affected positively.

> If performance were an issue, it would perfectly well be addressed by
> the byte compiler.

Not in people's .emacs.

martin