>> myData = [NSArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:(NSArray*)myArray]; >> >> Will something archived with this under 10.5 be readable in 10.4? >> >> This seems like something an existing utility should be able to >> do... Is >> there something that does this? Or do I need to write a simple >> custom app to >> prepare my plist file for uploading?
> Hmm. It's not clear to me that an array will be stored more > efficiently as a data object. > > If your plist is in XML format, data objects are stored in string form > as a series of hex digits. This greatly expands the space needed, > probably more than you could recover with zlib. > Cheers, > Ken > One other reason to use NSData is to hide certain information from casual users... though in my testing it is smaller as well which is a nice side effect. Just trying to be sure that if I use archivedDataWithRootObject on 10.5 and write it to disk, then read it with 10.4's unarchivedDataWithRootObject, that all will be ok. Trygve _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
