From a9f1f9b7b63905fb157b8f2e98a7b1accfd04c3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hans Dijkema <hans@dijkewijk.nl>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 10:44:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Better serialization/deserialization

---
 main.rkt | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.rkt b/main.rkt
index d038eee..b6d1a0f 100644
--- a/main.rkt
+++ b/main.rkt
@@ -20,6 +20,27 @@
        (build-path pref-dir (string-append (symbol->string f) ".ini")))
     (build-path f)))
 
+
+(define (output-value v out)
+  (cond
+    ((string? v)
+     (if (regexp-match? #rx"[\r\n]" v)
+         (begin
+           (display "VALUE:" out)
+           (write v out))
+         (display v out)))
+    ((path? v)
+     (display (format "PATH:~a" v) out))
+    ((number? v)
+     (display v out))
+    ((boolean? v)
+     (display (if v "true" "false") out))
+    (else
+     (display"SER:" out)
+     (write (serialize v) out))
+    )
+  )
+
 (define (ini->file ini file)
   (let ((out (open-output-file (get-ini-file file) #:exists 'replace)))
     (let ((last-is-newline #f))
@@ -50,8 +71,7 @@
                                                 (set! last-is-newline #f)
                                                 (display (cadr line) out)
                                                 (display "=" out)
-                                                (display"SER:" out)
-                                                (write (serialize (caddr line)) out)
+                                                (output-value (caddr line) out)
                                                 (newline out))
                                               (error "Unknown line format")))))
                               lines))))
@@ -65,23 +85,27 @@
 (define re-bool #px"^(#f|#t|true|false)$")
 (define re-value #px"^VALUE:(.*)$")
 (define re-serialize #px"^SER:(.*)$")
+(define re-path #px"^PATH:(.*)$")
   
 (define (interpret s)
   (let ((sr (regexp-match re-serialize s)))
     (if (eq? sr #f)
         (let ((m (regexp-match re-value s)))
           (if (eq? m #f)
-              (let ((ss (string-downcase (string-trim s))))
-                (let ((m-num (regexp-match re-num ss)))
-                  (if (eq? m-num #f)
-                      (let ((m-b (regexp-match re-bool ss)))
-                        (if (eq? m-b #f)
-                            s
-                            (if (or (string=? ss "#t") (string=? ss "true"))
-                                #t
-                                #f)
-                            ))
-                      (string->number (car m-num)))))
+              (let ((p (regexp-match re-path s)))
+                (if (eq? p #f)
+                    (let ((ss (string-downcase (string-trim s))))
+                      (let ((m-num (regexp-match re-num ss)))
+                        (if (eq? m-num #f)
+                            (let ((m-b (regexp-match re-bool ss)))
+                              (if (eq? m-b #f)
+                                  s
+                                  (if (or (string=? ss "#t") (string=? ss "true"))
+                                      #t
+                                      #f)
+                                  ))
+                            (string->number (car m-num)))))
+                    (string->path (cadr p))))
               (let* ((content (cadr m)))
                 (with-handlers ([exn? (λ (e) content)])
                   (with-input-from-string content read)))))