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There is a wide spectrum of possible implementations of this feature. On the most conservative end, It could be a compile-time opt-in setting that we use on our fleet or...

If opening files is slow, isn't the simple answer "don't open files"? The data files described here are also append-only and they can be pretty large. You can keep them...

Perhaps we are imaging the described implementation in a different way because I don't see how forking increases the cost. With forks or no forks, you always append to a...

The attackers in the scenario you are describing will be other validators who will be withholding their regular duties in order to execute an attack? And the network will be...

If the compiler needs big integers, shouldn't it finally start to use Nimble packages? `stint`, as it exists right now is is a mature implementation of fixed-size integers. Duplicating it...

What is competitive programming? Sites like HackerRank? IOI competitions? No libraries allowed there? Can't bring your own hard drive?

@timotheecour, tracking the dependencies as git submodules solves both problems. You only have to do a little bit of manual work in adding the transitive dependencies by yourself.

[DOT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOT_(graph_description_language)), and [GraphML](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GraphML) are other potentially interesting output formats.

The previous format was a bit more human-friendly and I think it should be the default. Supporting an option like `--format:json` and possibly other formats in the future sounds like...

Also, @dom96 do you think we should use a shorter name for this (e.g. `nimble deps`)?