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I wish that embedding resources in programs as const byte arrays were more common. I think that approach leads to a tightly integrated, low-overhead app, especi

I wish that embedding resources in programs as const byte arrays were more common. I think that approach leads to a tightly integrated, low-overhead app, especially on platforms (not iOS) where users and third-party programs are free to do stupid things with the file system; the app either works completely or isn't there at all.

gte910h 13y ago
I agree bundles are a pain in the ass. This is a bit overboard for some libraries and can have unforeseen memory issues
- mwcampbell 13y ago
  What memory issues? const data can be mapped and unmapped on demand.
liuliu 13y ago
You mean like: https://github.com/liuliu/mopack https://github.com/liuliu/mopack? But unable to inspect the embedded resource at programming time is a big show-stopper for me.
- frou_dh 13y ago
  $ xxd -i some_file
  - liuliu 13y ago
    last time I checked, Microsoft has a weird restriction on their c++ compiler (they don't have a c compiler) that only allows 4k length const chars, you have to concatenate consts to get arbitrary length.
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