M-x write-region might ask confirmation?

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From: Francois Pinard
Date: Sat, 05 Jan 1991 18:53

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	In GNU Emacs 18.55.6 of Mon Jun 25 1990 on icule (usg-unix-v)

	    Could M-x write-region request confirmation before writing
	    over an existing file?

I received a comment from someone who thinks it is a bad idea.  I
nevertheless feel write-region is dangerous to my files, as it is
right now.  Here is what my correspondant thinks:

   From: mcgill-vision!theory.tn.cornell.edu!eirik (Eirik Fuller)
   Date: Fri, 4 Jan 91 20:14:11 EST

   It could, but that would annoy me.  If that feature is added, I hope
   it is optional.

   What I generally do any time I am concerned about overwriting a file
   is use minibuffer completion to tell me whether a file exists.

-- 
Franc,ois Pinard          ``Vivement GNU!''         pinard@iro.umontreal.ca
(514) 588-4656    cp 886 L'Epiphanie (Qc) J0K 1J0    ...!uunet!iros1!pinard

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