serde-rs / serde-rs/bytes

Support for human-readable formats?

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Description

While this crate helps serialize bytes in binary formats efficiently, human-readable formats will still have them as vectors of integers. Is efficient serialization in human-readable formats something potentially fitting for this crate, or should it be implemented elsewhere?

That may include:

  • support for hex/base64 encoding
  • multibase support
  • selection of the specific representation for the encoding (e.g. prefix or no prefix, or lowercase or uppercase for hex)

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the crate's current binary serialization behavior and the issue's proposed human-readable representations: hex/base64, multibase, and configurable prefixes or case. No files or tests are named, and the intended ownership and scope need to be decided before implementation; done is not defined by the issue.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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