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[Monotone-devel] Re: Not storing hashes in hex
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Lapo Luchini |
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[Monotone-devel] Re: Not storing hashes in hex |
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Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:15:13 +0100 |
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Zack Weinberg wrote:
> It occurred to me that we store a lot of SHA1 hashes in our databases
> and they're all twice as big as they need to be because they're in
> hex.
Oh, I wanted to say it since day 0.
Or, well, since I discovered that Sqlite3 has no problems with binary zeros.
Or maybe I even did write about it. (I do remember messages regarding
'quote' in SQLite, of that I'm pretty sure)
Anyway: I'm all for it!
It may be a small an unimportant particular, but for me it's like a
small itch on the side of a shoe ;-)
Lapo