How to stop buffer number incrementing when writing to a temp file?

Hello!

I started this thread on vim_dev[1] and it was suggested I continue here instead.

> I fail to understand, why this is a problem, but you should be able to work around that using the writefile() function, which seems to be better suited for such a case.

Over the course of a day that VimL runs hundreds or thousands of times, and when I only work on a dozen files it seems...inefficient that the buffer number is up in the hundreds or higher. It doesn't break anything but it's an unwanted side-effect.

I looked at writefile() and confess I was confused by its documentation. How does one call it so that the buffer's contents are written exactly as-is, i.e. without changing line endings or adding/removing a final line ending?

Many thanks,

Andy

[1] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_dev/oDyCq5Al7FY

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