* doc/lispref/markers.texi (Overview of Markers):
Reword garbage collection, add cross-ref.
* markers.texi (The Region):
Briefly mention use-empty-active-region and region-active-p.
+ (Overview of Markers): Reword garbage collection, add cross-ref.
2012-03-07 Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
relocate them if necessary. This slows processing in a buffer with a
large number of markers. For this reason, it is a good idea to make a
marker point nowhere if you are sure you don't need it any more.
+Markers that can no longer be accessed are eventually removed
+(@pxref{Garbage Collection}).
@cindex markers as numbers
Because it is common to perform arithmetic operations on a marker