Compile-time embed command for embedding files as strings

[velipso]

Create a new compile-time command (like pick), called embed, that embeds the contents of a file as a string.

var foo = embed "somefile.png"

[velipso]

Rejecting this idea.

How often would it actually be used? Can't a programmer also solve this problem via a bin2sink script that converts binary data to a quoted string, that can then be included?

It's a nice idea, but not necessary.

[velipso]

Reopening...

Possibly needed in order to wire embed through the compile-time file system, with an end goal of being able to specify an entire game's behavior with a single compiled sink script.

[velipso]

done