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diff --git a/docs/serialization.md b/docs/serialization.md index ac3c0bfe..ea21f900 100644 --- a/docs/serialization.md +++ b/docs/serialization.md @@ -67,3 +67,10 @@ c.next = @Cycle("B", next=c) The deserialized version of the data correctly preserves the cycle (`roundtrip.next.next == roundtrip`). The representation is also very compact: only 9 bytes for the whole thing! + +## Unserializable Types + +Unfortunately, not all types can be easily serialized. In particular, +`Thread`s, types, and functions cannot be serialized because their data +contents cannot be easily converted to portable byte arrays. All other +datatypes _can_ be serialized. |