RE: new buffer - should its mode reflect its name when the name matches auto-mode-alist?

[Drew Adams]

> > Haven't thought about this before, but I wonder if the mode 
> > should respect auto-mode-alist when you create a new buffer?
> > There's no doubt a good reason or
> > two why we don't do this - just wondering.
> >
> > E.g. `C-x b foo.el', where there is no existing buffer 
> > foo.el. The mode is
> > Fundamental; should it be Emacs-Lisp instead?
> >
> > (I realize that a new buffer need not be intended to be 
> > saved as a file.)
> >
> 
> As an end-user and not having contributed anything to Emacs myself, I
> would expect the buffer to "respect" auto-mode-alist, i.e. set the
> mode depending on the buffer name. However, I think the default
> behavior when creating buffers non-interactively should *not* respect
> auto-mode-alist.

Yes, I meant interactively only, but should have made that clear. Thx.