luabins

luabins — Lua Binary Serialization Library

Allows to save tuples of primitive Lua types into binary chunks and to load saved data back.

Luabins works with

* nil
* boolean
* number
* string
* table (see below)

Luabins refuses to save

* function
* thread
* userdata

Luabins intentionally does not save or check any meta-information (versions, endianness etc.) along with data. If needed, it is to be handled elsewhere.

Table serialization

1. Metatatables are ignored.
2. Table nesting depth should be no more than LUABINS_MAXTABLENESTING.
3. On table save references are not honored. Each encountered reference becomes independent object on load.

Tags

library lua serialization