[TUHS] Data structures in Unix editors

[Dave Horsfall]

On Thu, 1 Apr 2021, John Cowan wrote:

[ Me thinking of using BDB for editor data structures ]

> I'd use SQLite nowadays, because it takes extraordinary care to make 
> sure that no data is lost short of disk failure.  It is considerably 
> more robust than the underlying filesystem, and runs embedded in its 
> process.  It also means you can readily carry about arbitrary data in 
> additional columns; for example, you could make line marks persistent, 
> including dot.

Good point; thanks.  I'd forgotten about SQLite...  I doubt if I'll be 
writing a new editor any time soon though (VI works just fine) but was 
planning on incorporating it in a project I'm working on.

-- Dave