Re: Proposal: create XML based .gorm format: .xorm

"H. Nikolaus Schaller" via Discussion list for the GNUstep programming environment <[email protected]> Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:04:22 +0200

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Lars,

> Am 20.07.2026 um 23:00 schrieb [email protected] via =
Discussion list for the GNUstep programming environment =
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> For the sake of diffability in GIT it would be great to have some =
non-binary but text based .gorm serialization format.

AFAIK .gorm files are basically binary encoded propery lists resp. =
object archives ("GNUstep archive" for data.info and objects.gorm). =
data.classes is already ASCII and diffable.

So you could save data.info and objects.gorm in ASCII property list =
format instead of binary?

IMHO the main difference (and improvement) from NIB to XIB is that it =
does not rely on the internal object serialization sequence of objects =
and code that handles special cases so that this encoding can be more =
easily changed while XIBs remain compatible.

BR,
Nikolaus=