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   From: daniel@me.invalid   
      
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   Fryme wrote:   
   > I'm trying to create my own file format.   
      
   Others have already questioned the wisdom of such an approach.   
      
   Rather than inventing a whole new file format that is peculiar to your   
   application, why not use a standard container format (such as the   
   zipfile format) and write your image file and a descriptive text file   
   to that?   
      
   Not only will the resultant file be in a recognizably standard format,   
   but the process of reading and writing the file can be simplified,   
   relative to your home-grown approach, by the use of one of many freely   
   available libraries.   
      
   --   
   Regards,   
     Daniel.   
   [Lest there be any confusion I am NOT the Boost maintainer of the same   
   name]   
      
      
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