Re: question about --statistics option of htags

[Shigio Yamaguchi]

> What is the difference in using passing NULL to the first argument
> of dbopen() and DBOP_REMOVE?  I cannot understand the purpose
> in which DBOP_REMOVE exists.

Dbopen() with NULL path name creates invisible db file. It is useful
for many applications but I didn't use it because:

1. In htags, temporary db file might grow up to hundreds of mega bytes
   or more. If the file is invisible, the administrator of the machine
   cannot understand why file system is full though there is no large
   file. We shouldn't make invisible, huge temporary db file.

2. It is difficult for us to debug programs using unnamed, invisible
   temporary db file.
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