>Just be aware that this could cause you issues in the future when you do >want to try and preserve your data types. > >The would think the better option would be to add a flag to your serialize >to treat all simple values as strings.
Boy, I need to start proof reading! What I meant to say is: Just be aware that this could cause you issues in the future when you do want to try and preserve your data types. I would think the better option would be to add a flag to your serialize method so you can specify whether or not you want simple values treated as strings. That will allow you to attempt data type conversion when you need it, but also allow you to force simple values to be converted to strings. -Dan
