RFC: serialization library in C only for C only

Hi Boosters Following a recommendation of Robert RAMEY about a serialization library similar to the Boost Serialization library but targeted only for the C language and using only the C language and/or some assembly routines, I am looking for any comments/advises on the feasibility of such library. The initial scope would be: 1/ Serialize/deserialize all primitive C types. 2/ Serialize/deserialize all constructed type like struct and union. 3/ Serialize/deserialize a tree/forest of C structures instances linked by pointers. What would be the charge/effort/workload of such library? Does anybody already try/succeed in building such library? Thank in advance for any comment. Francis ANDRE PS: Solving this issue by building a wrapper from C to the Boost Serialization library is not an option, hence this RFC.

Francis ANDRE wrote:
Hi Boosters
Following a recommendation of Robert RAMEY about a serialization library similar to the Boost Serialization library but targeted only for the C language and using only the C language and/or some assembly routines, I am looking for any comments/advises on the feasibility of such library.
Do you intend to provide compatibility with the formats Boost.Serialization use?

Do you intend to provide compatibility with the formats Boost.Serialization use? Not really.. just similar functionalities...
Mathias Gaunard a écrit :
Francis ANDRE wrote:
Hi Boosters
Following a recommendation of Robert RAMEY about a serialization library similar to the Boost Serialization library but targeted only for the C language and using only the C language and/or some assembly routines, I am looking for any comments/advises on the feasibility of such library.
Do you intend to provide compatibility with the formats Boost.Serialization use?
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