Re: cfgtool 1.0 -- alea iacta est

[David Frey <david@eos.lugs.ch>]

Rob>Lars> I rewrote the data storage part of cfgtool. It now stores all
Rob>Lars> variables in one file, to avoid wasting storage. The one file
Rob>Lars> is a binary file, which is not very nice, but it should be a
Rob>Lars> portable one, assuming 8 bit chars and character sets and so on.
Rob>
Rob>Not to be a stick in the mud, but why couldn't this be a text file?
Rob>It seems fairly unusual to make something like this binary.
Rob>
Rob>(That said, thanks for spending time on an important tool.)

I agree with Rob. Building a binary database is IMO a really bad idea.

PS: Lars, keep up the good work.

David

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