Re: master cd0a795: Output number of characters added to file (Bug#354)

[Mark Oteiza <mvoteiza@udel.edu>]

On 07/04/17 at 10:14am, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: Mark Oteiza <mvoteiza@udel.edu>
> > Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2017 23:30:41 -0400
> > Cc: Jeff Clough <kb1vqh@gmail.com>, Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com>
> > 
> > >     Output number of characters added to file (Bug#354)
> > >     
> > >     * fileio.c (write_region):
> > >     * epa-file.el (epa-file-write-region):
> > >     * jka-compr.el (jka-compr-write-region):
> > >     * ange-ftp.el (ange-ftp-write-region):
> > >     * tramp-gvfs.el (tramp-gvfs-handle-write-region):
> > >     * tramp-sh.el (tramp-sh-handle-write-region):
> > >     * mm-util.el (mm-append-to-file): Functions now output
> > >     characters written in addition to file name.
> > >     * files.texi: Added documentation to write-region and
> > >     append-to-file describing their output.
> > 
> > This behavior is unnecessarily verbose, at least when just interactively
> > saving buffers.  Haven't tested this otherwise.  If I cared about the
> > number of characters in the buffer I'd look in the mode line or just do
> > C-x =.
> > 
> > I can't say I've ever been surprised as described in the original
> > report.
> 
> Thanks for the comments.  Would making this an optional feature take
> care of your concerns?

Indeed it would, and IMO it should default to disabled.

> P.S. In the future, it might be better to voice such objections while
> the patch is being discussed, to avoid unnecessary reworking and
> possible frustration caused by that.  TIA.

Of course; however, this only grabbed my attention seeing it after
rebuilding.