Chris Howie wrote: > On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 5:19 PM, schmmd <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, I am asking to learn if it is a goal of the Mono project to have >> consistent serialization across Mono and .Net with respect to the >> BinaryFormatter. Serialization is the same in some cases. For example, >> serialization of a byte array is the same in .NET and Mono. However, >> serialization of a struct containing a byte array is not. >> >> [snip] >> >> Is this a bug or is consistency between .NET and Mono not a goal? >> > > I do not believe it is a very high-priority goal. You might try the > SoapFormatter class. It at least produces more readable output so if > there is an issue it's easier to spot, and hence easier for the > developers to fix. > > Things might be able to be serialized slightly differently and yet achieve the same results. However, I would suggest that, if things are not working using the binary formatter between .NET and Mono, then you should submit a bug. It's important that Mono and .NET are able to communicate properly.
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