Re: [libredwg] Parsing a DWG file.

[Till Heuschmann]

I just wanted to point out that it is technically possible to read the data without checking for errors.

If doing so is good style, careless or what ever is another question.

Personally I think the RS encoding is not there to obfuscate the format but to ensure that all

data gets transferred correctly. In later formats (2010/2013) it is missing again, for whatever reason

(maybe: http://consultskc.blogspot.de/2008/04/wan-problems-with-dwg-2007-problmes-de.html)

Am 05.06.2012 um 06:33 schrieb Dave Coventry:

On 4 June 2012 21:00, Till Heuschmann <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi,

the RS decoding is not implemented in libredwg. We just read the data and

assume that there are no errors. Its a litle bit quick and dirty but the

first target was to read through the drawing.

Here is another link from the spec: http://www.eccpage.com/

Hi Till,

So is it not really necessary to use RS decoding at all?

I must admit that I really don't see any need for error checking in a
drawing file and I had assumed that this was a ruse by Autodesk to
obfuscate the dwg format.