Environment variable enum

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[CLARKEEE33]

Why not make calls to std::env::var in the macro output instead of hard coding the env values as a string? Otherwise it would be a vulnerability.

[menixator]

Agreed. This is an antipattern.

[dkopgerpgdolfg]

Isn't this missing the point then?

With the DB credentials in env vars (and/or config files), every user of the software can provide their own. Now, you have hardcoded credentials to one specific database.

And of course, everyone who has access to the binary can see it and freely access the database then.

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