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This is a bad choice, I wouldn't understand that it needs to be read backwards. Why not use process's executable name instead?

lopkeny12ko 3y ago
Did you even open the link? Human readability was not a goal, in fact quite the opposite.
- codedokode 3y ago
  I meant use the name of the program that embeds SQLite, for example, McAfee, Google Chrome etc. This way the user could easily understand which program has created the files.
  - djbusby 3y ago
    How does it get that in a cross platform way? Or want if the program name has exotic characters?
    - codedokode 3y ago
      I think that in 2023 every decent OS should provide a method to get executable name. And every decent filesystem supports exotic characters.
  - arp242 3y ago
    Why spend time and effort on all of that when applications can just configure it themselves if they want to?
    - yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
      If it were possible to determine the program name in a way that was portable and not too painful, it would be a nice feature for the library to automatically set a better default, both to save work for devs using it and to save sqlite devs the hassle of their library getting blamed for things that aren't its fault. Now, I don't think those conditions are likely to be met, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't be nice if it were practical.
      - codedokode 3y ago
        > If it were possible to determine the program name in a way that was portable Every decent OS in 2023 should provide a method for this.
        krger 3y ago
        >Every decent OS in 2023 should provide a method for this. Yes, that's rather the problem—there isn't just one way to do that, which makes it a portability issue.
- anon-3988 3y ago
  Its a horrible link. It points to a specific commit...Okay, so it must have something to do with the commit? Nope, the commit is putting a limit on the number of symlinks to resolve for whatever reason. Then you also notice that the link is simply a link to the file, not a specific line (something like https://github.com/mackyle/sqlite/blob/18cf47156abe94255ae1495ba2da84517dce6081/src/os.h#L57-L79 https://github.com/mackyle/sqlite/blob/18cf47156abe94255ae14...), so you are expected to read the whole C file to figure out why.
  - aspyct 3y ago
    or you just ^F and search for the string you're looking for and enjoy a good laugh :)

lopkeny12ko 3y ago

Did you even open the link? Human readability was not a goal, in fact quite the opposite.

codedokode 3y ago
I meant use the name of the program that embeds SQLite, for example, McAfee, Google Chrome etc. This way the user could easily understand which program has created the files.
- djbusby 3y ago
  How does it get that in a cross platform way? Or want if the program name has exotic characters?
  - codedokode 3y ago
    I think that in 2023 every decent OS should provide a method to get executable name. And every decent filesystem supports exotic characters.
- arp242 3y ago
  Why spend time and effort on all of that when applications can just configure it themselves if they want to?
  - yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
    If it were possible to determine the program name in a way that was portable and not too painful, it would be a nice feature for the library to automatically set a better default, both to save work for devs using it and to save sqlite devs the hassle of their library getting blamed for things that aren't its fault. Now, I don't think those conditions are likely to be met, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't be nice if it were practical.
    - codedokode 3y ago
      > If it were possible to determine the program name in a way that was portable Every decent OS in 2023 should provide a method for this.
      - krger 3y ago
        >Every decent OS in 2023 should provide a method for this. Yes, that's rather the problem—there isn't just one way to do that, which makes it a portability issue.
anon-3988 3y ago
Its a horrible link. It points to a specific commit...Okay, so it must have something to do with the commit? Nope, the commit is putting a limit on the number of symlinks to resolve for whatever reason. Then you also notice that the link is simply a link to the file, not a specific line (something like https://github.com/mackyle/sqlite/blob/18cf47156abe94255ae1495ba2da84517dce6081/src/os.h#L57-L79 https://github.com/mackyle/sqlite/blob/18cf47156abe94255ae14...), so you are expected to read the whole C file to figure out why.
- aspyct 3y ago
  or you just ^F and search for the string you're looking for and enjoy a good laugh :)