[interfacekit] Re: Some progress in Support Kit ...

They both achieve the same purpose -- serializing data.  I suppose the 
BArchivable interface is a bit more heavy weight because you have to 
deal with loading your data into a BMessage, whereas with BFlattenable, 
you're just writing to a buffer.  So I guess BArchivable would be the 
"smart" interface, and BFlattenable is the "dumb" interface. =)

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>I didn't get the chance to read a lot about BFlattenable and 
BArchivable,
>but I don't really understand the big difference between the two. Each 
one
>seem to let the user to convert a class in a binary blob form, than can 
be
>later (or elsewhere) reconverted in a real class instantiation.
>
>What is the big difference between the two ?
>
> (I know, the best is to read the docs, and I will !  I just want a 
quick
>idea by people who have to deal with those classes ).
>
>- Steve

Data is not information, and information is not knowledge: knowledge is 
not understanding, and understanding is not wisdom.
        - Philip Adams

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