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> Furthermore, the specific aspect of it you reference (that it is binary instead of textual) has almost nothing to do with the problems GP most likely means R
by formerly_proven 5y ago
> Furthermore, the specific aspect of it you reference (that it is binary instead of textual) has almost nothing to do with the problems
GP most likely means REG_BINARY littered over the place which usually means the application in question is dumping some struct into the registry.
- londons_explore 5y agoIf an application is storing 'private' data that it doesn't expect to be modified by humans or any other application, then storing a struct straight into the registry seems appropriate. It's the same as the application making a temp file to store some random state. Except a registry entry is probably more efficient for something that's under a kilobyte typically.
- eternityforest 5y agoIt's still nasty. Structs are brittle. They aren't easy to inspect when doing some forensics on a bug. It makes it harder to extend the program when you are fussing with version number fields and multiple formats. INI or JSON or something can make life a lot easier, at least in high level GCed languages.