Is there a builtin function to edit a buffer in the current window?
 There is no function as far as I know for this.

I use

execute string(bnr) .. 'buffer'

Anything more script oriented?
 
Pretty much this, with variations using string interpolation:

:exe $"{bnr}buffer"
:exe $"b {bnr}"

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