Subject: Re: proplib changes
To: Thor Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/26/2007 10:31:31
On Jun 26, 2007, at 10:16 AM, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> But what one should note, of course, is that two or three are not very
> large numbers. Heck, I think any number less than about five is
> probably
> sustainable with minimal code bloat and user confusion, if the
> encodings
> are carefully chosen. All three of XML, SCN, and the binary
> encoding seem
> good to me for inclusion by default -- and I can't see why the kernel
> actually needs any more encodings than just one (would the binary
> one be
> better than XML for this purpose)?
The kernel needs the XML encoding for reasons brought up in other
discussions.
-- thorpej