[not a bug][1.?-1.63][SSP/SMP]textutils.serialize with multiline strings

ComputerCraft Version Information: Found using CC 1.63. I suspect this bug appeared either in CC 1.6 or earlier.

Description of Bug:
textutils.serialize doesn't serialize strings with newlines correctly and makes it impossible to unserialize it using textutils.unserialize.

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Not a bug. It's just how print function prints it.

Note to myself: check before posting, so you wouldn't waste your or anyone else's time…

Why would you serialize a lone string in the first place…? I assume this happens if it's contained in a table aswell?

CometWolf, on 05 May 2014 - 09:39 PM said:

Why would you serialize a lone string in the first place…? I assume this happens if it's contained in a table aswell?

Yes it does, textutils.serialize serializes everything that is in a table using itself.

I was testing my program, serializing a table and saving it to a file, and found this problem. I'm actually wondering how long this bug exists because I don't think Dan changed all of the serialize function when he updated to CC 1.6 and I think this bug may be living since the creation of this function…

EDIT:

CometWolf, on 05 May 2014 - 09:39 PM said:

Why would you serialize a lone string in the first place…?

If you're creating a config file and want values to be properly serialized before saving them, IDK.

The serialize function was changed to make it's output more readable in 1.6. He added newlines to it, so it might be related. I can test this in 1.58 tomorrow just to be sure though.

It works the same way prior to 1.6x.

Note "works" - textutils.unserialise() has no problems with that output.

Nice to see there's a textutils.unserialise() in 1.6, by the way.

Bomb Bloke, on 06 May 2014 - 01:06 AM said:

It works the same way prior to 1.6x.

Note "works" - textutils.unserialise() has no problems with that output.

Nice to see there's a textutils.unserialise() in 1.6, by the way.

True - it just looks funky when you try to print it cause print in lua program prints serialized table again.
Also s thing. You would not believe how many times it happened to me.

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