> > JSON can serialize single values and has a well defined ASCII encoding > for unicode values (\uXXXX). http://json.org/ > > So couldn't adopting JSON (ascii encoded byte-arrays) as a serialization > format (with it's own flag) provide *both* a portable serialization > format for structures *and* provide a way to store single utf8 values? > > Tim. > > p.s. For perl, JSON::XS is faster that Storable in many cases: > http://search.cpan.org/~mlehmann/JSON-XS/XS.pm#SPEED<http://search.cpan.org/%7Emlehmann/JSON-XS/XS.pm#SPEED>
JSON sure seems popular with a lot of people ;) In fact so far I've had +4 for JSON and no other suggestions ;) - Ciaran
