alt Hacker NewsWhy prefix the settings `UV_CACHE_MAX_SIZE` and `UV_LOCKFILE` with `UV_` if they're new features? Makes no sense.
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lr1970 • today at 1:26 PM
Would be more logical to use FYN_ prefix
unethical_ban • today at 1:11 PM
Facilitates drop-in migration from uv to the new tool. So if uv adopts the feature it's "just there".
They are environment variables. I enjoy seeing from my large number of environment variables to which applications they belong to.