v1.0.2

import zon

# Your data
users = {
  "context": {
    "task": "Our favorite hikes together",
    "location": "Boulder",
    "season": "spring_2025"
  },
  "friends": [
    "ana",
    "luis",
    "sam"
  ],
  "hikes": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Blue Lake Trail",
      "distanceKm": 7.5,
      "elevationGain": 320,
      "companion": "ana",
      "wasSunny": true
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "name": "Ridge Overlook",
      "distanceKm": 9.2,
      "elevationGain": 540,
      "companion": "luis",
      "wasSunny": false
    },
    {
      "id": 3,
      "name": "Wildflower Loop",
      "distanceKm": 5.1,
      "elevationGain": 180,
      "companion": "sam",
      "wasSunny": true
    }
  ]
}

# Encode (compress)
compressed = zon.encode(users)
# Decode (decompress)
original = zon.decode(compressed)
assert original == users  # ✓ Perfect reconstruction!

• ZON (96 tokens, 264 bytes)

context:"{task:Our favorite hikes together,location:Boulder,season:spring_2025}"
friends:"[ana,luis,sam]"

@hikes(3):companion,distanceKm,elevationGain,id,name,wasSunny
ana,7.5,320,1,Blue Lake Trail,T
luis,9.2,540,2,Ridge Overlook,F
sam,5.1,180,3,Wildflower Loop,T

vs TOON Compression comparison:

• TOON (104 tokens, 286 bytes):

context:
  task: Our favorite hikes together
  location: Boulder
  season: spring_2025
friends[3]: ana,luis,sam
hikes[3]{id,name,distanceKm,elevationGain,companion,wasSunny}:
  1,Blue Lake Trail,7.5,320,ana,true
  2,Ridge Overlook,9.2,540,luis,false
  3,Wildflower Loop,5.1,180,sam,true

Compression's:

• JSON (compact) (139 tokens, 451 bytes)
• ZON (96 tokens, 264 bytes)
• TOON (104 tokens, 286 bytes)