Yes, that's a good point. Many binary file formats will also be quite complex, so it makes sense to restrict oneself to a useful subset of the data in a file. O

Yes, that's a good point. Many binary file formats will also be quite complex, so it makes sense to restrict oneself to a useful subset of the data in a file. Otherwise one would be busy to explain complicated data representation specifics. Another example could metadata in image (jpg, ...) files for example.