It's also the term used to describe the data serialization mechanism used by RPC (and indirectly, I think, by COM):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vcsampl e98/html/vcsmppickle.asp I guess it's a fairly obvious name to use for any process that preserves the state of something beyond its usual life... :-) -- Ian Griffiths > -----Original Message----- > From: Curt Hagenlocher > > From: "Eric Gunnerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > "Serialization" isn't really the right term. > > > > Attributes use a special format to save their data that isn't related to > > the .NET serialization infrastructure (s). > > > > We used "pickling" as the term, but I'm not sure where that came from. > > Don't know if it's related, but "pickling" is (or used to be) the name for > Python serialization. =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentorŪ http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
