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Development Notes

Things that should be fixed

• Add separate unsigned and signed type inputs and outputs
• Universalize the data types and sizes across architectures. Ex. Long may be different on x86 than on x86-64.

Features I would like to see

• Switch to using the standard printf formatting string As in %s for string, %d for signed int, %lu for unsigned long. Among many obvious advantages, it would allow nice conversions and safety for singed and unsigned values. The only issue is that we would need a few extra specifiers for raw data buffers, like the 'B' currently.
• Add a magic number into serialized data header and checksums of packed data. This would allow receivers to detect the presence of serialized data with among other data. This should be a feature like the HASTABLE that can be optionally enabled. Maybe use an int like 0xfee1a115e. It is supposed to the opposite of 0xfee1dead(from the Linux reboot magic value).
• Ability to send and recv the serialized data over a socket
• Architecture independent packed data (correct endianness)
• Add C string type handing for convenience.