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Re: Mathematica 9 does not read mathematica 8 ".mx" files
Posted:
Dec 17, 2012 2:53 AM
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On 14/12/2012 07:58, noomen mechri wrote:
> Thanks for your reply!
> yes, that's what I had to do ... rerun the whole calculation on M9 which
> again took a few hours!! (I know ... not good at optimizing code)
> But then what is the purpose of having .mx files to save the workspace
> variables for future use ... if they can only be read by the version in
> which they have been produced ... it is senseless ...
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Bob Hanlon<hanlonr357@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I've never used an .mx file; however, from the documentation:
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>> "MX files cannot be exchanged between different operating systems or
>> versions of Mathematica."
>>
>> "Mathematica MX files can be created with DumpSave and read with Get."
>>
>> Did you save the source files from which you did a DumpSave? If so,
>> move the source files to v9 and DumpSave new .mx files in v9.
>>
>>
>> Bob Hanlon
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 2:24 AM, NBM<noomenov@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Having written a lot of code on M8, I recently switched to M9 and tried
>> to
>>> run the code which starts by loading an .mx file written by M8, but M9
>> wouldn't read it saying that it was written on another machine. This is a
>> major incompatibility issue between M8 and M9. Fortunately I kept my M8
>> installation, so for now, M9 is useless to me.
>>> Please a solution.
>>>
>>
>
I hit the restriction with .mx files some time ago.
I really needed high speed, and I timed various alternatives. The best I
found, was to write the data:
str=OpenWrite[file,BinaryFormat->True];
BinaryWrite[str,magic,"TerminatedString"];
BinaryWrite[str,Compress[{expr,version}],"TerminatedString"];
Close[str];
(where magic is a short string to use as a sanity check when reading
back - omit if you prefer. expr is the large expression)
This can be read back with:
str=OpenRead[file,BinaryFormat->True];
If[BinaryRead[str,"TerminatedString"]==magic,
expr=Uncompress[BinaryRead[str,"TerminatedString"]];
];
Close[str];
The important point here, is that Compress and Uncompress are both fast
and portable.
This isn't quite as fast as .mx files, but close!
David Bailey
http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk
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