Module value 

The Lua value model.

Value mirrors the Lua types serpent can serialize: nil, booleans, numbers, strings, tables, functions, and named globals. Tables use reference-counted interior mutability so shared and cyclic graphs keep their identity across a serialize and deserialize round trip.

Structs

Func

An opaque Lua function.

Global

A value referenced by a global name.

MetaError

An error raised by a __serialize or __tostring metamethod.

Table

A shared table handle.

TableData

The backing store for a table.

Enums

Ident

A hashable identity for any value, used to track shared references.

Key

A table key. Only hashable Lua values can be keys.

Value

A Lua value.

Type Aliases

MetaFn

A metamethod. Returns the replacement value, or a MetaError to model a metamethod that raises. The serializer treats an error as “the metamethod did not apply” and serializes the table as itself.