Range interface for std.serialization

[Dmitry Olshansky]

26-Aug-2013 17:42, Dicebot пишет:
> On Monday, 26 August 2013 at 09:23:32 UTC, Dmitry Olshansky wrote:
>> I'm still missing something about separation of archiver and
>> serializer but in my mind these are tightly coupled and may as well be
>> one entity.
>
> For me distinction was very natural. `(de)serializer` is something that
> takes care of D type introspection and provides it in simplified form to
> `(de)archiver` which embeds actual format knowledge. Former can get
> pretty tricky in D so it makes some sense to keep it separate.

If that is the case then fine. Though upon seeing Archive interface in 
its mortifying glory I'm not sure about that simplifying bit ...

> I can't really add anything on ranges part of your comments - sounds
> like you have a better "big picture" anyway :)


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Dmitry Olshansky