Re: NSKeyedArchiver support in GNUstep (was Re: RFC: Appreciation of .gmodel format (was deprecation))

[Kazunobu Kuriyama]

Gregory John Casamento wrote:

> Chris,
>
> See below...  I would like us to implement NSKeyedArchiver/NSKeyedUnarchiver
> support in GNUstep, if possible... read on...
I thought you didn't like it.

<snip>

> Actually, I think that once we have an implementation of the keyed 
> archiver,

> it's likely okay for us to move to this format.  Since the keyed archiver can
> output to an XML format, we should make certain that the XML between the two is
> as compatible as possible or, at the very least, that there is a simple
> transform that can be appled to make it so.
>
> We will still need to add code to all objects to allow them to be saved using
> the keyed archiver, but this is a very small price to pay for this kind of
> cross platform capability or at least to make the format human readable!! :)
>
> Once we have it, it shouldn't be a big deal to add the support, it's just time
> consuming since there are so many classes.  But I know I'd be happy to do it.
> :)
To save your time, why don't you count on me?  I'd like to see a new Gorm
supporting human-readable format as soon as possible!

- Kazunobu Kuriyama