Subject: Re: bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2020 16:18:54 +0200

Drew Adams <[email-masked]> writes:

> No, `write-region' should not, itself, make a backup file.

No, but there should perhaps be a global mechanism for modes to decide
whether the data it writes should have backup files, and these modes
should then call a wrapper around `write-region' that does this stuff.

And it should be user-customisable, if it exists.

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