[PROTOTYPE] C-level reference tracking#3
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When registering an extension type with ref_tracking: true, repeated objects are serialized as back-references instead of being re-encoded. This reduces payload size when the same object appears multiple times. Uses ext type 127 with a compact wire format: - New reference: nil marker followed by the serialized object - Back-reference: positive integer ref_id pointing to earlier object
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Similarly to msgpack#387 please don't use this code!
In prior versions, I had implemented reference tracking by having a proper
Referencetype. Roughly speaking, something like:The main issue with this approach was the amount of short-lived
Referenceobjects required only for serialization.To avoid these, I moved the handling of the references directly in how each type is encoded (as seen in the benchmark). This is a Light Abuse™️ of messagepack but saves so much space and can properly deserialize entire graphs of objects.