Crate better_vdf
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Since none of the VDF implementations I tried on crates.io worked for my intended purposes, I wrote my own.
Considering that this is a very badly documented data format, some data types (such as booleans) were implemented in a way that looks compatible with the format (much like an extension, in case it was not intended).
§Usage
use std::collections::HashMap;
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
struct Test {
test: TestData,
}
#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
struct TestData {
name: String,
list: Vec<TestObj>,
map: HashMap<u64, i64>,
}
#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
struct TestObj {
obj: String,
id: usize,
weight: f32,
}
fn main() {
let vdf = r#"
"test"
{
"name" "Better VDF"
"list"
{
"0"
{
"obj" "main_obj"
"id" "19231"
"weight" "12.9"
}
"1"
{
"obj" "secondary_obj"
"id" "381928"
"weight" "5.12"
}
}
"map"
{
"228980" "12318293"
"278319" "-12393180"
}
}
"#;
// Deserializing
let test: Test = better_vdf::from_str(vdf).unwrap();
println!("{test:#?}");
// Serializing
let serial = better_vdf::to_string(&test).unwrap();
println!("{serial}");
}