Re: [Plib-users] Does anyone use .ssg files?

[Steve B. <sjb...@ai...>]

Wolfram Kuss wrote:
> 
> Steve wrote:
> 
> >Wolfram Kuss wrote:
> >>
> >> Does anyone use files in plib's own ".ssg"-format?
> >
> >Yes - but not for long-term model storage.
> 
> Keeping .SSG reading and writing compatible would have bloated the
> code too much, so we made a break and trying to read .SSG file format
> version zero leads to an error. For more see plib-devel or the docs
> (in non_class.html).

That's fine by me.

However, we DO need a stable file format that we can both read and write
reliably (such that repeated read/write cycles don't change the model too).

I don't think SSG is yet that format (because it's not 100% stable).

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