]> On Fri, 27 Dec 2002, Pierre Weis wrote: > > Can marshalling functions output be different for different versions of > > Ocaml? If I try to feed incompatible data (e.g. form the previous version) > > to input_value, what I will have then - segfault? If so, they can hardly be > > used for saving configuration data. > > > > - Dmitry Bely > > There is is no warranty from the language definition, nor from the > implementor team, that the marshalling functions will never be > modified: imagine we find a new way to get data files much more > compact, then yes, sure, we will implement this new scheme as soon as > possible! One can also write IO routines which tag the file with a header string containing Sys.ocaml_version, and raise an exception if that header is incompatible with the version of OCaml you're using. That avoids the crash. Wishing for type safe value IO in OCaml for 2003! -- Brian ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners