Re: [PATCH] Support for Sqlite Archive files

[Vladimir Kazanov <vekazanov@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 21 Jun 2024 at 20:48, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> Why do it via arc-mode at all? why not directly via sqlite.c?  Also,
> arc-mode can use internal methods as well, not only external
> utilities.

Going through the standard interface of "sqlite3 -A *" simplifies
things a bit. On the other hand all the calls have to go through
call-process, which is suboptimal. Let me try going straight to the
database.

Either way, the point of this project is to look into how buffers can
be backed by a database. I want to see if avoiding using the file
system abstraction altogether can work.

On arc-mode vs custom code. Archive mode provides a generic dired-like
file browsing UI. Why come up with a copy when it's probably gonna
look just about the same?

> Including when the locale has a non-UTF-8 codeset?

I'll check this.

> Unlikely, since Emacs 30 will not get new features anymore.  Sorry.

Got it. Exciting release, can't wait!

-- 
Regards,

Vladimir Kazanov