@@ -93,10 +93,15 @@
   (set! *test-ids*           (make-hash-table))
   (set! *test-info*          (make-hash-table))
   (set! *run-info-cache*     (make-hash-table))
   (set! *env-vars-by-run-id* (make-hash-table))
   (set! *test-id-cache*      (make-hash-table)))
+
+;; Generic string database (normalization of sorts)
+(define sdb:qry #f) ;; (make-sdb:qry)) ;;  'init #f)
+;; Generic path database (normalization of sorts)
+(define *fdb* #f)
 
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