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Markdown
17 lines
591 B
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A Preserves schema connects Preserves `Value`s to host-language data
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structures. Each definition within a schema can be processed by a
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compiler to produce
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- a simple host-language *type definition*;
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- a partial *parsing* function from `Value`s to instances of the
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produced type; and
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- a total *serialization* function from instances of the type to
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`Value`s.
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Every parsed `Value` retains enough information to always be able to
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be serialized again, and every instance of a host-language data
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structure contains, by construction, enough information to be
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successfully serialized.
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