#pragma once #include "md.h" typedef struct { b8 failed; String8 why; } SerError; typedef struct { u8 *data; // set to 0 to dry run and get maximum size. max doesn't matter in this case u64 cur; u64 max; Arena *arena; // allocate everything new on this, so that if serialization fails allocations can be undone // Serializing should never allocate. So this can be null when you serialize int version; SerError cur_error; Arena *error_arena; // all error messages are allocated here b8 serializing; } SerState; void ser_bytes(SerState *ser, u8 *bytes, u64 bytes_size) { if (!ser->data && !ser->serializing) { ser->cur_error = (SerError){.failed = true, .why = S8Lit("Deserializing but the data is null")}; } if (!ser->cur_error.failed) { if (ser->data) { // maximum doesn't matter unless writing to data if (ser->cur + bytes_size > ser->max) { ser->cur_error = (SerError){.failed = true, .why = S8Lit("Too big bro")}; } else { if (ser->serializing) { memcpy(ser->data + ser->cur, bytes, bytes_size); } else { memcpy(bytes, ser->data + ser->cur, bytes_size); } } } ser->cur += bytes_size; } } #define SER_MAKE_FOR_TYPE(type) \ void ser_##type(SerState *ser, type *into) \ { \ ser_bytes(ser, (u8 *)into, sizeof(*into)); \ } SER_MAKE_FOR_TYPE(int); SER_MAKE_FOR_TYPE(u64); // Embeds the string into the serialized binary. When deserializing copies the // deserialized data onto a newly allocated buffer void ser_String8(SerState *ser, String8 *s, Arena *allocate_onto) { ser_u64(ser, &s->size); if (ser->serializing) { ser_bytes(ser, s->str, s->size); } else { s->str = ArenaPush(allocate_onto, s->size); ser_bytes(ser, s->str, s->size); } }