Serialization libraries?

[dieggsy]

There doesn't appear to be a section on serialization.

Maybe a whole extra section isn't necessary, but I think it would be nice to at least mention cl-store.

[vindarel]

correct, there's improvements to be done in that area. There are some solutions under "persistent object DB" (even if those are not persistent DBs): cl-naive-store and clache (that uses cl-store). I think at the time I didn't mention cl-store because I didn't like its documentation, and IIRC clache is a bit more high-level.

[dieggsy]

For what it's worth, cl-store does appear to have had a bit more recent development than clache and I find its API more straightforward and focused. If someone just wants to serialize to disk, I think cl-store makes sense (and pulls in fewer dependencies)

[hxzrx]

For binary serialization, I recommend cl-conspack, which was inspired by MessagePack. The usage is very easy and it's very convenient to transfer data over networks, and some impls in other languages are also available.