Implementing MsgPack.rkt, part 3
In the previous article we have seen how to pack an object, this time we will see how to unpack it again on the receiving end.
Implementing MsgPack.rkt, part 2
In this part of the series I want to go into how to pack data to bytes in MessagePack. We will see how to dynamically dispatch on type and how to pack a selection of particular types.
Implementing MsgPack.rkt, part 1
When I originally set out to write MsgPack.rkt, a Racket implementation of the MessagePack protocol, I had a hard time wrapping my mind around where to begin. I had no experience in writing a serialisation library, and reading the source code of existing implementations only revealed the what, but not the why. This is why I'm starting this short mini-series of blog posts to provide a commentary on my implementation. I hope that it will serve other people who are looking for a starting point to their own implementations.