Orange 1.0.0 beta - serialization library

[dsimcha]

On 8/20/2011 4:24 PM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>> 2. What are the prospects for submitting this for inclusion in Phobos?
>> Serialization is something basic and universally needed enough that it
>> should not require a third-party library.
>
>  From my part:
>
> * Remove all Tango/D1 specific code
> * Add documentation
> * There are some few things left in the rewrite process

Ok, it sounds like this isn't going to be ready that soon.  I'll start 
using it as-is, as a third party library.  Then I can make suggestions, 
file bug reports, etc. and streamline its eventual Phobos review.

> * I've made some modifications to the XML module in Phobos, these need
> to be applied as well

If we're really lucky, by the time your turn in the review queue comes 
along, Phobos will have a new and much better XML module, since Thomas 
Sowinki is apparently working on one.

> * Probably something else I can't think of right now
>
> I'm not particular happy about removing the Tango/D1 specific code if
> I'm not sure that the library can be included in Phobos.

Hmm. We could review the module before you remove it, with the 
assumption that this code will be removed if accepted.


> Currently you could serialize the data an pass it send it over to
> another thread and deserialize on the other side, but I'm guessing this
> would be not very effective. I'm not exactly sure what's needed to be
> done to make a clone archive and what can be shared but as you say, the
> necessary introspection already work.

Right.  The idea would be to bypass serializing and unserializing and 
leverage the introspection that Orange provides to create an efficient 
clone() function.  This is mostly a long-term prospect, to be considered 
more seriously if/when Orange gets into Phobos.  All we'd need from 
orange is an archiver that efficiently clones without actually 
serializing or deserializing anything.  Given this, the changes to 
std.concurrency would be trivial.