[Erc-help] Re: Slow access to files using UNC path

[Stefan <mo...@ir...>]

> When a buffer has no file name, basic-save-buffer will prompt the user
> interactively for one.  Since before-save-hook isn't run until after
> the interactive request for a file name, this prevents a hook from
> setting a file name based on external factors (such as the time),
> without first requiring the user to input some junk data.  The use of
> "" was a hack to avoid prompting, since for ERC logging, the value of
> buffer-file-name is ignored and computed by a routine instead.

Why use "" rather than something else (since you say it's ignored anyway)?
I suspect "" will create other problems than just with this new VC code.
E.g. I wouldn't be surprised to see it bump into uniquify for example.


        Stefan