Why not just use line numbers?
Forces you to read after every write. E.g. you edit line 15 to be two lines. Then now you need arithmetic for later vs earlier lines or you need to read full file to reindex by line number.
I was wondering the same thing.
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Forces you to read after every write. E.g. you edit line 15 to be two lines. Then now you need arithmetic for later vs earlier lines or you need to read full file to reindex by line number.