• Kagamin (2/2) Sep 11 2017 https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-052
• Shachar Shemesh (11/13) Sep 13 2017 I've heard it somewhere that the original .doc file format was simply a
• Meta (4/8) Sep 14 2017 I never knew that, and I sincerely hope that none of my
• jmh530 (2/10) Sep 14 2017 That's a feature though isn't it. Track changes.
• Shachar Shemesh (5/15) Sep 15 2017 It was fixed at some point, so by the time you wrote obscenities about

Kagamin <spam here.lot> writes:

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-052
.net can, but WCF requires explicit vetting of types for protocol.

Shachar Shemesh <shachar weka.io> writes:

On 11/09/17 12:56, Kagamin wrote:
 https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-052
 .net can, but WCF requires explicit vetting of types for protocol.

I've heard it somewhere that the original .doc file format was simply a 
serialization of the internal Word data structure. They got a save/load 
for practically free.

Then they bring out a new version, and guess what? You cannot change 
anything, because you can no longer read the old files.

Then it turns out that when you serialize "everything", you also 
serialize the undo buffer. So you can read things that someone wrote and 
then erased in the document.

Yeah. Serialization is fine, but should be used judicially.

Shachar

Meta <jared771 gmail.com> writes:

On Wednesday, 13 September 2017 at 07:08:42 UTC, Shachar Shemesh 
wrote:
 On 11/09/17 12:56, Kagamin wrote:
 Then it turns out that when you serialize "everything", you 
 also serialize the undo buffer. So you can read things that 
 someone wrote and then erased in the document.

I never knew that, and I sincerely hope that none of my 
university professors did either.

jmh530 <john.michael.hall gmail.com> writes:

On Thursday, 14 September 2017 at 19:26:44 UTC, Meta wrote:
 On Wednesday, 13 September 2017 at 07:08:42 UTC, Shachar 
 Shemesh wrote:
 On 11/09/17 12:56, Kagamin wrote:
 Then it turns out that when you serialize "everything", you 
 also serialize the undo buffer. So you can read things that 
 someone wrote and then erased in the document.

 I never knew that, and I sincerely hope that none of my 
 university professors did either.

That's a feature though isn't it. Track changes.

Shachar Shemesh <shachar weka.io> writes:

On 14/09/17 22:26, Meta wrote:
 On Wednesday, 13 September 2017 at 07:08:42 UTC, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
 On 11/09/17 12:56, Kagamin wrote:
 Then it turns out that when you serialize "everything", you also 
 serialize the undo buffer. So you can read things that someone wrote 
 and then erased in the document.

 
 I never knew that, and I sincerely hope that none of my university 
 professors did either.
 
 

It was fixed at some point, so by the time you wrote obscenities about 
your U. profs, they may actually have not ended up in the file.

Also, it goes without saying that the docx format is not like that.

Shachar