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    Objects that deal with binary

    What are the advantages of object that use binary to save, load, etc

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    Re: Objects that deal with binary

    Binary data is usually faster to process and takes less space than text data, but it really depends what you want to achieve.
    A binary data file is harder to organize than a ini file for example.

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    Re: Objects that deal with binary

    depending on what you're using it for, a chunk of binary data is can be harder for a person to understand, since instead of something like "x = 23" in an ini file, it could be some nondescript 4-byte value off in some "random" place in the file

    that could be desirable if you want to make hacking a save file a little more difficult, since a hacker would have to figure out your format first

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    Re: Objects that deal with binary

    then woudldt you just use multiple binary files to organize different data?

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