From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Package for data serialization? Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:57:59 +0300 Message-ID: References: <1150195170.157848.7260@f6g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1150221499 28696 80.91.229.2 (13 Jun 2006 17:58:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:58:19 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 13 19:58:18 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FqD9c-0003rB-JI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:58:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FqD9c-00018c-6H for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:58:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FqD9Q-00018O-1u for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:58:04 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FqD9O-000183-Br for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:58:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FqD9O-000180-4r for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:58:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.66] (helo=romy.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FqDIN-0003FO-Kl for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:07:19 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-34-238.inter.net.il [80.230.34.238]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id EWK52690 (AUTH halo1); Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:58:00 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-reply-to: <1150195170.157848.7260@f6g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> (spamfilteraccount@gmail.com) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:35430 Archived-At: > From: spamfilteraccount@gmail.com > Date: 13 Jun 2006 03:39:30 -0700 > Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com > Injection-Info: f6g2000cwb.googlegroups.com; posting-host=194.237.142.21; > posting-account=b98TkQ0AAAD7PsllN8gfWGRoPOPWdnv4 > > Is there a package for de/serializing an arbitrary elisp data > structure, so that it can be read/written in binary format from/to > disk? > > I know about prin1 and co., but they create a printed representation > and I want binary for speed and size. Do you actually have a real-life case where the speed and size of the text representation is an issue? If so, please describe the details.