I propose the creation of a new Apache Lab, called "dpack". dpack, a C/C++ object serialization library.
Taking a departure from most C++ sterilization libraries, the goal would be to keep dpack as simple as possible, and avoid using 'advanced' C++ features like templates or generic programming. Using a 'base' class, users of the library would inherit from this, and use member functions to indicate exportable fields. No Macros or other ugly things would not be required. The library would initially only contain a buffer or message based API, but a stream based packing and unpacking API might be useful in the future. dpack would also provide the ability to version objects including adding or removing fields, and default values. Initially I would like to get a working C++ version of the library, but I believe with the same basic design, it should be possible to also create a pure C based API using structs and a few callback functions per type. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
