On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Fredrik Modèen <fredrik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Compared to a BMessage this class is very limited, i.e. not all data types >> and no indices are supported. As Axel said, maybe it's better to add some >> more convenience method to BMessage directly. > Will that not breake things? There's no harm/problem with adding more methods, as long as they're not virtual. You obviously can't change the signature of any existing functions though. Nor can you change the flattened format without handling that appropriately. Regards, Rene