From 3f468504a68522362f5d01abb0235fba499710f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hans Dijkema <hans@dijkewijk.nl>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:33:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] changed key handling.

---
 keystore.rkt | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/keystore.rkt b/keystore.rkt
index 456ac11..6d64c54 100644
--- a/keystore.rkt
+++ b/keystore.rkt
@@ -56,24 +56,24 @@
 
 (define/contract (ks-set! ksh key value)
   (-> keystore? any/c any/c boolean?)
-   (ks-set!* (keystore-dbh ksh) (value->string key) (format "~a" key) (value->string value)))
+   (ks-set!* (keystore-dbh ksh) (key->string key) (format "~a" key) (value->string value)))
 
 (define/contract (ks-exists? ksh key)
   (-> keystore? any/c boolean?)
-  (ks-exists?* (keystore-dbh ksh) (value->string key)))
+  (ks-exists?* (keystore-dbh ksh) (key->string key)))
 
 (define/contract (ks-get ksh key . default-value)
   (-> keystore? any/c ... any/c any/c)
-  (ks-get* (keystore-dbh ksh) (value->string key) default-value))
+  (ks-get* (keystore-dbh ksh) (key->string key) default-value))
 
 (define/contract (ks-drop! ksh key)
   (-> keystore? any/c boolean?)
-  (ks-drop!* (keystore-dbh ksh) (value->string key)))
+  (ks-drop!* (keystore-dbh ksh) (key->string key)))
 
 (define/contract (ks-key-values-glob ksh gl)
   (-> keystore? string? list?)
   (map (λ (row)
-         (cons (string->value (vector-ref row 0)) (string->value (vector-ref row 1))))
+         (cons (string->key (vector-ref row 0)) (string->value (vector-ref row 1))))
        (query-rows (keystore-dbh ksh)
                    "SELECT key, value FROM keystore WHERE str_key GLOB $1"
                    (string-downcase gl))))
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 (define/contract (ks-keys-glob ksh sqlite-like)
   (-> keystore? string? list?)
   (map (λ (row)
-         (string->value (vector-ref row 0)))
+         (string->key (vector-ref row 0)))
        (query-rows (keystore-dbh ksh)
                    "SELECT key FROM keystore WHERE str_key GLOB $1"
                    (string-downcase sqlite-like))))
@@ -171,12 +171,12 @@
 
 (define (ks-keys* dbh)
   (map (λ (row)
-         (string->value (vector-ref row 0)))
+         (string->key (vector-ref row 0)))
        (query-rows dbh "SELECT key FROM keystore")))
 
 (define (ks-key-values* dbh)
   (map (λ (row)
-         (cons (string->value (vector-ref row 0))
+         (cons (string->key (vector-ref row 0))
                (string->value (vector-ref row 1))))
        (query-rows dbh "SELECT key, value FROM keystore")))
 
@@ -185,14 +185,26 @@
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 
 (define (value->string v)
-  (if (string? v)
-      v
-      (call-with-output-string
-       (λ (out) (write (serialize v) out)))))
+  (call-with-output-string
+   (λ (out) (write (serialize v) out))))
 
 (define (string->value v)
-  (if (and (string-prefix? v "((") (string-suffix? v ")"))
-      (deserialize
-       (call-with-input-string v (λ (in) (read in))))
-      v))
-                         
+   (deserialize
+    (call-with-input-string v (λ (in) (read in)))))
+
+(define (key->string v)
+  (cond
+    ((string? v) v)
+    ((symbol? v) (string-append "@S:" (symbol->string v)))
+    ((number? v) (string-append "@N:" (number->string v)))
+    (else (string-append "@SER:" (call-with-output-string
+                                  (λ (out) (write (serialize v) out))))))
+  )
+
+(define (string->key v)
+  (cond
+    ((string-prefix? v "@S:") (string->symbol (substring v 3)))
+    ((string-prefix? v "@N:") (string->number (substring v 3)))
+    ((string-prefix? v "@SER:") (string->value (substring v 5)))
+    (else v)))
+