mtots 0.1.2

The mtots scripting language
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# Library for declaratively parsing and serializing binary data

trait Schema {
    # Description of binary data layout
}

class _Primitive(Schema) {
    # Primitive <-> (Int, Float, ...)
    [_name]
}

class Struct(Schema) {
    # Struct <-> Record
    # field_map:
    #   maps field names (symbols) to Schemas associated
    #   with each field.
    #   field_map is a Map (and not Table) to ensure
    #   fields are ordered
    [_field_map]
}

class Array(Schema) {
    # Array <-> List
    # Arrays map to the native List type
    # rather than a separate dedicated Data subclass
    [_schema, _n]
}

class Enum(Schema) {
    # Enum <-> Variant
    # choice_map:
    #   maps choices (symbols) to Schemas associated
    #   with the choice
    [_choice_map]
}

trait Data {
    # Data that is dual with a Schema
}

class Record(Data) {
    # Dat amatching a Struct
    [_field_map]
}

class Variant(Data) {
    # Data matching an Enum
    [_choice, _data]
}