Re: `save-point'

[Gerd Moellmann]

Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:

> I would like a separate `save-point' form, that *just* saves and
> restores the current point, without all the whipped cream and who-the-
> hell-knows-*what's*-going-to-happen behavior of `save-excursion'.
> 
> I think a majority of uses of save-excursion could use save-point instead.

Could you please elaborate in what respects save-point and
save-excursion differ?  What's the problem with save-excursion?