So the answer for persistence is Data.Binary -> ASN.1 converter that can be used in extrema?
On 11/09/2007, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 11, 2007, at 7:01 , Jules Bean wrote: > > > The actual format used by Data.Binary is not explicitly described > > in any standard (although in most cases it's moderately obvious, > > and anyone can read the code), and it's not formally guaranteed > > that it will never change in a later version (although the > > maintainers will no doubt try very hard to ensure it doesn't); nor > > does it contain any automatic support for version-stamping to > > ensure backwards compatibility in the face of later unlooked-for > > format changes. > > I will just point out that, while this is one extreme, the other > extreme is ASN.1. I think we want to walk the middle path instead.... > > -- > brandon s. allbery [solaris,freebsd,perl,pugs,haskell] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university KF8NH > > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe