Re: Creating an empty file

[Jay Belanger]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
...
> This would probably also apply for an existing file that has been
> changed on disk, but not in the Emacs buffer.  In this case it might
> possibly make sense to ask the "revert buffer" question before saving.
> In the case of a non-existing file, there is nothing to revert to,
> however.

So are you suggesting that when saving a file whose buffer has not
been changed, that Emacs should compare it to the disk file anyhow?
I had always (always=for the last 10 seconds) thought that it didn't
for efficiency reasons.

Jay