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 src/fileio.c (check_existing): New function.
 (make_temp_name, Ffile_exists_p, Ffile_writable_p): Call it
 instead of calling 'stat', when what's needed is to check whether
 a file exists.  This avoids expensive system calls on MS-Windows.
 src/w32.c (init_environment): Call 'check_existing' instead of 'stat'.
 src/lread.c (openp) [WINDOWSNT]: Call 'access' instead of 'stat' to
 determine whether a file exists and is not a directory.
 src/lisp.h (check_existing): Add prototype.