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Re: Property List Format vs NSKeyedArchiver Format
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Re: Property List Format vs NSKeyedArchiver Format


  • Subject: Re: Property List Format vs NSKeyedArchiver Format
  • From: Jens Alfke <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:51:41 -0700


On Oct 13, 2009, at 4:43 PM, Graham Cox wrote:

While strictly true, it's not possible that Apple could really ever stop supporting it, due to the many millions of files out there that use it and will have to remain readable in their existing form.

True, but it can change in ways that are backward-compatible to Apple's implementation. But reverse-engineered implementations might fail to handle the updated format. I've seen this sort of thing happen in the past in other areas.


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