[Mono-list] Re: [Mono-list] System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter question

Miguel de Icaza miguel@ximian.com
15 Oct 2002 12:59:11 -0400


Hello!

> What about using Rotor's implementation as documentation, instead of
> reverse-engineering binary format? In any case, from the law point of view
> results would be the same. One person writes documentation, another implements
> this class in Mono. Except that it would be infinitely easier (and perhaps more accurate)
> for the first person to extract format from the source code instead of taking binary apart.
> Just thinking out loud.

Yes, this is the right way to go.