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J comment Hi,\r\n\r\nI\swas\sreading\sthrough\sa\slot\sof\sthe\sSQLite\sdocumentation\stoday,\sand\sI\snoticed\sa\sfew\stypos.\s\sI\stried\sto\smake\sa\spatch\susing\sFossil\sfor\sthe\sfirst\stime,\sbut\sI\sdon't\ssee\san\s"upload\sfile"\sbutton\sso\sI\swill\sjust\sinline\sthe\spatches\shere.\r\n\r\nMost\sare\sjust\sgrammar/spelling\sfixes,\sbut\sthe\sfix\sto\sfaq.in\sis\smore\sof\sa\sreadability\sfix\s--\sat\sleast\sfor\sme,\swhen\sI\ssee\sXXX\smust\shave\sYYY,\sI\sread\s"must"\sas\sa\srequirement,\snot\sas\sa\ssuggestion.\r\n\r\nThe\sauthor\sor\sauthors\sof\sthis\scode\sdedicate\sany\sand\sall\scopyright\sinterest\sin\sthis\scode\sto\sthe\spublic\sdomain.\sWe\smake\sthis\sdedication\sfor\sthe\sbenefit\sof\sthe\spublic\sat\slarge\sand\sto\sthe\sdetriment\sof\sour\sheirs\sand\ssuccessors.\sWe\sintend\sthis\sdedication\sto\sbe\san\sovert\sact\sof\srelinquishment\sin\sperpetuity\sof\sall\spresent\sand\sfuture\srights\sto\sthis\scode\sunder\scopyright\slaw.\r\n\r\n-\sMark\r\n\r\n\r\n----------\s\sbegin\spatches\r\n\r\n
The\scode\sto\simplement\sthe\spage\scache\sis\scontained\sin\sthe\ssingle\sC\r\n\s\s\s\s\ssource\sfile\spager.c.\s\sThe\sinterface\sto\sthe\spage\scache\ssubsystem\r\n\s\s\s\s\sis\sdefined\sby\sthe\sheader\sfile\spager.h.\r\n\r\n\r\npages/atomiccommit.in\r\n\r\n\s\s\s\s@@\s-462,11\s+462,11\s@@\r\n\s\s\s\s\sspace\scache\scan\sbe\sreused\sfor\sa\ssignificant\sperformance\ssavings.
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On\sembedded\ssystems\swith\ssynchronous\sfilesystems,\sTRUNCATE\sresults\r\n\s\s\s\s\sin\sslower\sbehavior\sthan\sPERSIST.\s\sThe\scommit\soperation\sis\sthe\ssame\sspeed.\r\n\s\s\s\s\sBut\ssubsequent\stransactions\sare\sslower\sfollowing\sa\sTRUNCATE\sbecause\sit\sis\r\n\s\s\s\s\sfaster\sto\soverwrite\sexisting\scontent\sthan\sto\sappend\sto\sthe\send\sof\sa\sfile.\r\n\s\s\s\s\sNew\sjournal\sfile\sentries\swill\salways\sbe\sappended\sfollowing\sa\sTRUNCATE\sbut\r\n\s\s\s\s\swill\susually\soverwrite\swith\sPERSIST.
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