arrayencode

[Richard Gaskin]

Martin Koob wrote:

 > What is LSON?  A web search doesn’t turn up anything.  A shot
 > in the dark here but Is it something internal to LiveCode i.e.
 > Livecode Script Object Notation that is the basis for LiveCode
 > arrays?

Sorry, Martin. I need to get out more. I've been using LSON  ("LiveCode 
JSON", in the way "BSON" is "Binary JSON") to describe LC's serialized 
array format for so long that the friends I talk with most often have 
picked it up as well - and along the way I forget that not everyone else 
has. :)

So it's just personal slang.  But useful, IMO, to help newcomers 
familiar with JSON and BSON appreciate its role.


 > Thanks for the references on BSON

Glad someone found them interesting. I was especially impressed with 
variable integers for the length specifier.  Nice format, would be cool 
if it were more widely used outside of MongoDB circles.

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  Richard Gaskin
  Fourth World Systems