Script Only Stack Architecture

[Richard Gaskin]

Mark Waddingham wrote:
 > I still have a difficult time wrapping my head around the syntax for
 > multiple custom property sets - especially since the introduction of
 > nested arrays:
 >
 > http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6912
 >
 > ;)

This reminds me of a hypothesis I have that perhaps you can confirm:

When we use array syntax on custom property sets we have effectively a 
sort of two-dimensional array.  Would be nice to extend that deeper, but 
I'll take what I get.

But when we put an array into a custom property value such as:

put "foo" into bar[1]
set the uBar of btn 1 to bar

...it seems we can store that even though it hasn't been explicitly 
serialized.

So my hunch is that when we do that the engine is using the same 
serialization it uses for arrayEncode, and when retrieving the array it 
automatically runs it through the internal equivalent of arrayDecode.

Is that correct?

If not, by what sorcery are array values serialized when stored as 
persistent property values?

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