On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 01:15, Krasimir Angelov
The binary package is too lazy and in some cases the decoding dies with "stack overflow". At least this was the situation the last time when I tried to use it. Since then I am using hacked version which is stricter. This should be addressed before to add this package to the platform.
Not all encodings are right for everyone. IIRC, many complaints about binary are due to overflows when encoding/decoding large maps or lists. This is because of the [] instance. I, myself, have been bitten by this, but I don't think it's a flaw in the library -- there are plenty of people using the library who haven't complained about the instance. If the instance isn't right for you, write a new one. That's what I did. Denis