Greg Ewing wrote: > Fredrik Lundh wrote: > >> marshal hasn't changed in many years: > > Maybe not, but I was given to understand that it's > regarded as a private format that's not guaranteed > to remain constant across versions. So even if > it happens not to change, it wouldn't be wise to > rely on that.
but given that the format *has* been stable for many years, surely it would make more sense to just codify that fact, rather than developing Yet Another Serialization Format instead? </F> _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
