[File] New contributor's questions
Vadim (vadcx)
vad.mailingfile at vad.cx
Tue Apr 18 15:04:08 UTC 2023
Hello, I want to contribute about a dozen of smaller formats and wanted
to clarify a few things:
1. Preferred patch submission: via mailing list or the bug tracker?
2. Does the !:ext keyword have a meaning? I found it in Magdir/games but
it's not in the man file.
3. File formats that do NOT have a magic but are otherwise identified by
a known file name + extension: are they out of scope of this project?
The closest thing I see is the "language" check in "man file"
4. I see there's a big definition file "Magdir/games", I plan to add
about 10-15 definitions for single game. Should they go into the games
too or is it okay to give it a separate definition file?
4.1 How does magic determine where one definition ends and the next one
starts? (also not in man)
5. The string type can have a fixed length with "string/4" - limited to
4 bytes. Is it relevant to performance vs unbounded string?
I will take "i dont know" as an answer too (as a hint to dig into the
source code myself). I'll update the manual with the answers received.
Thank you
Vadim "vadcx"
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