This library implements an efficient, compact-output, and feature-rich serializer using a binary protocol called Sereal. Its sister module Sereal::Decoder implements a decoder for this format. The two are released separately to allow for independent and safer upgrading. If you care greatly about performance, consider reading the Sereal::Performance documentation after finishing this document.
The Sereal protocol version emitted by this encoder implementation is currently protocol version 4 by default.
The protocol specification and many other bits of documentation can be found in the github repository. Right now, the specification is at https://github.com/Sereal/Sereal/blob/master/sereal_spec.pod, there is a discussion of the design objectives in https://github.com/Sereal/Sereal/blob/master/README.pod, and the output of our benchmarks can be seen at https://github.com/Sereal/Sereal/wiki/Sereal-Comparison-Graphs. For more information on getting the best performance out of Sereal, have a look at the "PERFORMANCE" section below.
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5.004-bp156.1.4 info | GA Release | 2023-12-07 | 15 SP6 |
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5.001-bp155.1.5 info | GA Release | 2023-05-17 | 15 SP5 |
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4.018-bp154.1.14 info | GA Release | 2022-05-09 | 15 SP4 |
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4.005-bp153.1.14 info | GA Release | 2021-03-06 | 15 SP3 |
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4.005-bp152.3.12 info | GA Release | 2020-04-17 | 15 SP2 |
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4.005-bp151.1.1 info | GA Release | 2019-06-18 | 15 SP1 |
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