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

Thanks !  That was my first perception too ...  :-)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erik Jakowatz" <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <interfacekit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 10:55 AM
Subject: [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. =)
> 
> e
> 
> >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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