On 2011-08-21 23:16, Masahiro Nakagawa wrote: > On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 05:28:33 +0900, Jacob Carlborg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 2011-08-20 19:45, dsimcha wrote: >>> On 8/20/2011 12:50 PM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote: >>>> Masahiro Nakagawa seems to be working on msgpack: >>>> https://bitbucket.org/repeatedly/msgpack4d/ >>> >>> Yeah, this does look quite useful. I tried it a few weeks ago and ran >>> into a couple showstopper bugs. I filed them and he fixed them, but I >>> never got around to trying it again. >>> >>> I actually think that since both are very commonly needed things and >>> satisfy completely different niches, Orange and msgpack4d might both >>> eventually have a rightful place in Phobos. Orange would be recommended >>> when portability and serializing as many types as possible are >>> important, and msgpack4d would be recommended when speed and space >>> efficiency are the primary concerns. >> >> If it's possible to extract a value given a key with messagepack I >> think it would be possible to use messagepack as an archive for >> Orange. Since messagepack supports maps every type Orange can >> serialize should be possible serialize with messagepack, although >> probably not as efficient as "regular" messagepack. >> > > I agree. > Unfortunately, Orange with MessagePack decreases MessagePack merits...
I suspected that. -- /Jacob Carlborg
