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

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> 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?

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.