From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2008-12-16T08:06:20+09:00
Subject: Re: marshal_load, marshal_dump

On Dec 13, 2008, at 14:36 PM, Tim Hunter wrote:
> Currently RMagick uses the old _dump and _load methods to marshal/ 
> unmarshal images. I'd like to start using the new marshal_load and  
> marshal_dump methods. What is the impact of switching? Can I just  
> replace _dump and _load with marshal_dump and marshal_load? Suppose  
> I have an image that was dumped using an old version of RMagick. How  
> do I support loading it?

Note that _dump/_load occurs before allocate and marshal_dump/ 
marshal_load occurs after.  In some instances this is an important  
distinction.