marshal

    cfunction
    src/core/marsh.c on line 1683, column 1

    (marshal x &opt rev-lookup buf no-cycles)

    Marshal a value, `x`, into a buffer and return the buffer. The 
    buffer can then later be unmarshalled to reconstruct the initial 
    value. Optionally, pass in a table, `rev-lookup`, to specify 
    aliased values to not marshal. Then a forward lookup table can be 
    used to recover the original value when unmarshalling. If optional 
    argument `buf` is provided, marshal into and return that instead. 
    The optional `no-cycles` parameter will make `unmarshal` faster if 
    it is known that there are no cycles; will error if there are 
    cycles.