On Jun 26, 2007, at 2:31 AM, John Nemeth wrote:

>     If the file isn't in the format that you want then all you need to
> is set an environment variable and cause the application to write the
> file (otherwise an application that simply reads and writes the file
> can get it into the proper format and once converted, it can be left  
> in
> that format).  As for comments, I don't know if plists allow for them.

Having the library change its behavior based on an environment  
variable is just plain offensive.  Besides, what happens if you have a  
file in one of these alternate formats and you then need to have the  
boot loader read it?  So, we need to support all of these random  
encodings for those environments, too?  The code soon gets too big to  
be useful in some environments.

-- thorpej