Jay Belanger <belanger@truman.edu> writes:

> David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> 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.

Well, the modification flag has a certain use that should be
preserved. What may be done is to add a var
`new-files-are-already-modified'.

Maybe the (untested) following could help?