serialize [function]

serialize( var, int mode = 2 )

Converts the variable to a byte buffer (string), containing the serialized data that can be recreated with unserialize() or returns null and emits a warning on failure

• C functions and objects without OP_SERIALIZE implemented cannot be serialized

data = serialize({ name = "A", info = "B" });
print data; // prints random-looking, yet deterministic garbage
print unserialize(data); // prints {name=A,info=B}