On Dec 3, 5:47 pm, Jonathan Rochkind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
s.net> wrote:
> If I want to serialize/unserialize arbitrary objects (not just ARs) in a
> Rails app, what's the best way to do it?
>
> Using 'Marshal' seems to be ruby standard. But then there's YAML. And
> then I feel like maybe Rails adds yet another way to do it, but I can't
> remember what it is and might be imagining that.
>
Well an important thing is who are you talking to: Marshal is quite
easy to read from a ruby program but anything else and you're probably
out of luck. YAML on the other hand is more portable.
Fred
> I don't understand the plusses/minuses of each option. I just want to be
> able to serialize/unserialize arbitrary objects, what's my best bet?
>
> Jonathan
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