Re: NSFileWrapper incompatibility (Cocoa - GNUstep)

[Fred Kiefer]

Andreas Hoeschler wrote:
> we would like to use -[NSFileWrapper serializedRepresentation] to 
> exchange stuff between Cocoa and GNUstep. I suppose this is a bad idea 
> since it looks like the formats are not compatible. What do people use 
> instead? I want to use NSFileWrapper versus NSData since we need to 
> determine the path extension of the original file on the other end.

What you want is not a bad idea, it just has not been implemented up to 
now. The serial representation of GNUstep objects could be the same as 
the one Apple uses. I am not sure if this is the case for the property 
list objects in base, but it is surely not the case for NSFileWrapper. 
But there is even a hint in the code that this should be changed. So if 
you need it, go ahead and do it.

Cheers
Fred