> > As for limiting it to some basic scalar types, strings, and arrays > thereof, even here there are deviations: not every language has > distinct boolean type, integers of various widths, internal support > for UTF-8, etc. The common subset would leave us with integer, > floating point, and string (as a byte sequence; even character vs byte > distinction is disputable). And it's easy to write a serializer for > these three (by stringifying numbers as the last resort for instance). > > Even this (string, integer and floating point [byte-array also?] ), would be a better state-of-affairs for people who are working with the cache in a mixed platform (as I currently am!)
Take Care - Ciaran
