Orange 1.0.0 beta - serialization library

[Masahiro Nakagawa]

On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 05:28:33 +0900, Jacob Carlborg <doob at me.com> wrote:

> On 2011-08-20 19:45, dsimcha wrote:
>> On 8/20/2011 12:50 PM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
>>> Masahiro Nakagawa seems to be working on msgpack:
>>> https://bitbucket.org/repeatedly/msgpack4d/
>>
>> Yeah, this does look quite useful. I tried it a few weeks ago and ran
>> into a couple showstopper bugs. I filed them and he fixed them, but I
>> never got around to trying it again.
>>
>> I actually think that since both are very commonly needed things and
>> satisfy completely different niches, Orange and msgpack4d might both
>> eventually have a rightful place in Phobos. Orange would be recommended
>> when portability and serializing as many types as possible are
>> important, and msgpack4d would be recommended when speed and space
>> efficiency are the primary concerns.
>
> If it's possible to extract a value given a key with messagepack I think  
> it would be possible to use messagepack as an archive for Orange. Since  
> messagepack supports maps every type Orange can serialize should be  
> possible serialize with messagepack, although probably not as efficient  
> as "regular" messagepack.
>

I agree.
Unfortunately, Orange with MessagePack decreases MessagePack merits...