std.serialization: pre-voting review / discussion

[Walter Bright]

On 8/20/2013 1:06 PM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> I guess it could be called "archiver", or do you have a better suggestion?

That sounds perfect.


>> Some exposition of this is necessary, along with some comments along the
>> line that the package provides a generic archiving interface, and a
>> couple implementations X and Y of that interface, and that other
>> implementations such as Z, the zip archiver, are possible.
>
> I don't understand what's so confusing.
>
> "This is the interface all archive implementations need to implement to be able
> to be used as an archive with the serializer".

I tend to think in terms of concrete examples, rather than abstract concepts. 
Hence my suggestion.