[E1_531G]

Hello again.
I think this API misses one very good thing: natives for keeping file open for some time, for multiple-writings/readings.
You can see similar feature in SQLVault: https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=146849

For example:
1. I know i have to read 3 settings keys from the file
2. I use: ini_init( ... )
3. I use 3 times: ini_read_int( ... )
4. I use ini_end( ... )

How it works?
ini_init() creates a global temporary file pointer.
if ini_read_int or others natives see what that global pointer is available they use it instead of opening and closing the file again and again.
ini_end() kills that global pointer.

Maybe it is not a big deal speaking about performance, but think a bit, when you use an API like this one you almost always know which keys you have to read and how many they are.

[CrazY.]

Not a bad idea, I'll update it when I've time.

[JocAnis]

hey, how i see this include doesnt have option to delete section (by steamid for example)...
@CrazY. can you add that one?

because if we use only writing data to file, time of loading will be slower by time, so having option to reduce 'old rows' will really help us

PS: is 'ini_read_string' even working? im getting arguments error, with this simple example: ini_read_string(FILENAME, szAuthId, "Name", g_szName[ id ] );

[CrazY.]

I don't have much free time now, anyway I didn't added a option to remove sections because the main purpose of this include is work with settings. There are many vault systems already to work with player data and such things.

[karaulov]

How to remove warnings from <ini_file>

// C:\Projects\amxmodx\scripting\RERUNEMOD\rm_si lentstep_item.sma(380) : warning 203: symbol is never used: "_ini_copyc"
// C:\Projects\amxmodx\scripting\RERUNEMOD\rm_si lentstep_item.sma(55) : warning 203: symbol is never used: "_ini_read"
// C:\Projects\amxmodx\scripting\RERUNEMOD\rm_si lentstep_item.sma(79) : warning 203: symbol is never used: "_ini_write"


Missing stock prefixes

[karaulov]

Originally Posted by CrazY. I don't have much free time now, anyway I didn't added a option to remove sections because the main purpose of this include is work with settings. There are many vault systems already to work with player data and such things.

code from example

new const FILENAME[] = "sql.ini";
    new const SECTION[] = "SQL";

    if (!ini_read_string(FILENAME, SECTION, "Host", SQL_HOST, charsmax(SQL_HOST)))
        ini_write_string(FILENAME, SECTION, "Host", SQL_HOST);

create sql.ini.ini file, instead of sql.ini

[asdian]

will this works with around 120 sections? i'm having difficulties with amx_settings_api which is looks like reached its limit

[karaulov]

Multiple errors in code (uninitialized variables?), and multiple smallest limits (small float number, small lines, etc)

For example original _ini_copyc not working in 10% cases, here fixed version:

stock _ini_copyc(dest[], len, const src[], ch)
{
	copy(dest,len,src);
	for(new i = 0; i < len; i++)
	{
		if (dest[i] == ch)
		{
			dest[i] = EOS;
			return i;
		}
	}
	return -1;
}