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vserialization-audit
Which of six text data formats are live, from JSON and CSV to property lists.
Released v1.0.0 · 2026-09-28use "stdlib/serialization_audit.ven"Checks every serialization builtin the interpreter offers, such as JSON encoding and decoding, with a real round trip call, so a program can see which formats are live on the virtual machine it runs under.
print serialization_audit_summary()Reference (11 functions)
API reference
probe(live, message)
Builds one check result Map, pairing a liveness flag with its message.
probe(yes, "round-tripped a real value on this VM")owner(name, owner_file, probe_result)
Builds one registry row, pairing a format's name and owning file(s) with its check result.
owner("JSON (json_encode/json_decode)", "builtins", probe(yes, "live: round-tripped"))ini_probe()
Proves INI is live with a real parse, also confirming its key-lowercasing/section-preservation contract.
ini_probe()xml_probe()
Proves XML is live with a real parse, and that an entity-expansion bomb never silently expands.
xml_probe()plist_probe()
Proves Apple property lists are live with a real encode/decode round-trip.
plist_probe()quopri_probe()
Proves quoted-printable is live on both VMs with a real encode/decode round-trip.
quopri_probe()serialization_owners()
Builds the full six-format ownership map, each row checked live against this running VM.
serialization_owners()serialization_audit_summary()
Gives a plain {"total": N, "live": M} tally, for callers that want the count without parsing report text.
serialization_audit_summary()serialization_audit_report()
Renders the full, human-readable registry report, the body of venutian serialization-audit.
serialization_audit_report()