Embed files into binary.

[rikki cattermole via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On 06/06/2016 6:45 PM, Pie? wrote:
> On Monday, 6 June 2016 at 06:10:35 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
>> On 06/06/2016 6:06 PM, Pie? wrote:
>>> On Monday, 6 June 2016 at 05:30:12 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
>>>> On 06/06/2016 5:07 PM, Pie? wrote:
>>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>> Then I would say go get a new image library as that one isn't a very
>>>> good one.
>>>>
>>>> ..snip..
>>>>
>>>> Right got rid of all that text.
>>>> If you want to make the filesystem appear to have files it doesn't,
>>>> you'll need a virtual file system library.
>>>>
>>>> Welcome to the next issue, getting libraries to support it ;)
>>>
>>> My point exactly! Glad you could finally support my conclusion! ;)
>>
>> Finally was many many months ago[0].
>> I'm not happy with my implementation. Either way, somebody has to go
>> ahead and write one for Phobos. Although good luck with getting that in.
>>
>> [0]
>> https://github.com/rikkimax/alphaPhobos/tree/master/source/std/experimental/vfs
>>
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> Would this, say, allow an application to embed a "file system" into it's
> run time and then virtually dispatch file IO? If so, what about write
> access(the binary would grow in size when written to)?

Its in the name, "virtual" file system.
Write access would depend on where the "file" is.

> What about seemlessly shifting between a real file system and the
> virtual one by simple flag toggling and rebuilding? If so, then D would
> definitely benefit from it.  This way one can create binaries and back
> them by a real file system for debugging purposes(easy access, no
> extracting from binaries or having to store them) then for release, one
> can turn that in to a virtual file system.

Nope, virtual file system is its own representation. Can't switch all 
the c functions to use it. Its a almost full rewrite to use it.

> If this is what your vfs does or aims at then hats off! Cheerio! Where
> do I sign up? If not, would you mind expanding it to do such a thing?

Again, I'm not happy with my one.