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Subject: Re: delete-file default to buffer-file-name if non-nil
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 10:40:06 -0400
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    But it seems the most appropriate default value, in terms of what one might want
    to delete. Don't you think so?

That is true also, but it does not make the danger go away.

    2. Require confirmation if RET is hit with no file name in the minibuffer.

I like that solution.  But confirmation should be with y, not RET,
in order to follow Emacs conventions.