Orange - Free from D1/Tango

[Jacob Carlborg]

> I would think D's type system would be capable enough where a
> serialization library can tell whether a type can be serialized or not.

Sometimes you don't want to serialize a field, regardless if the 
serialization library can serialize it or not. This will require a 
manual annotation.

> I also think it would be a tremendous burden to put @serialized on every
> type that could be serialized.
>
> When I used C#'s serializer, it was definitely annoying to have to
> annotate every type I wanted to serialize, and every type that was used
> within that type.
>
> What is the concern with an opt-out approach?  I would think the default
> would be the most common option -- save everything.

I agree.

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/Jacob Carlborg