Fraser,

so there“s no need for me to file a bug, right?

Or should i report it? I do not to bother the team with unnecessary  things.

Matthias



> Am 27.05.2016 um 09:28 schrieb Fraser Gordon <fraser.gor...@livecode.com>:
> 
> On 27/05/16 02:39, Lyn Teyla wrote:
>> 2. The method used by LiveCode to write to LiveCodeToolsLog.txt (presumably 
>> multiple times) might not be ideal. Could be a "write to file" vs "put into 
>> url" issue.
>> 
>> Better yet, perhaps the writing to this log file should not be performed by 
>> default, unless a debug setting is set via Preferences.
>> 
> 
> The main purpose of the IDE log file is diagnosing problems with the IDE 
> starting up. Unfortunately, this means that it can't be toggled by a 
> preference because if the IDE is failing, you can't toggle the preference.
> 
> Because of this purpose, the way the file is written is very conservative - 
> every time a line is logged, the file is opened, the line is appended and 
> then the file is closed again. This ensures that in the event of an engine 
> crash, the logging data is not lost.
> 
> One thing that is definitely worth considering is deleting the current 
> contents of the file when the IDE starts up rather than preserving the 
> content indefinitely.
> 
> Fraser
> 
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