Getting started

Getting started is as easy as calling SerDesmond.Compile on a string:

local SerDesmond = require("../SerDesmond")

local ser, des = SerDesmond.Compile([[array(i8, f64)]])

local buf = ser({-1, 3.14})
local original = des(buf)

Constructs listed on the top-level of the compiled string will each correspond to an argument in the resulting serializer, as well as causing the deserializer to output a tuple

local ser, des = SerDesmond.Compile([[i8, array(i8)]])

local buf = ser(1, {2})
local a1, a2 = des(buf)
-- a1 == 1, a2 == {[1] = 2}

(WIP): Errors in the input can be annotated by passing true as the 2nd argument to Compile At the moment the output can be sloppy if there are multiple errors on one line

SerDesmond.Compile("array(i88, i8)", true)

--              array(i88, i8)
--                    ^^^
--  Error: Unrecognized type identifier i88