Re: sqlite3

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > It looks quite binary to me.

  > Uhm...  yes?  Nobody has said that it isn't.

A real text file is more robust when things go wrong.

                                                  Emacs has commands to list
  > the contents, and there's a plethora of other commands out there to do
  > the same.

Yes, someone posted here about that, a few days ago.

A binary format that you can convert to text is not as robust as real
text.  Converters are designed to handle a valid binary file.  In
general, it's not clear what is the proper conversion of a corrupted
binary file.

Thus, in general, when the file is corrupted, you can't convert it to
text.

Therefore, "text file" should be the default option for configuration
data in Emacs.  People who would rather use an sqlite3 file should
select that option explicitly.

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