Write a function to serialize a PMC
completed by: David Czech
mentors: whiteknight
Task Description: Parrot's new embedding API is a work in progress. It contains several functions, but not enough for all uses. Parrot's PMCs can be serialized to an array of bytes, and later deserialized back into a usable PMC. Parrot's embedding API has functions to deserialize a PMC, but not a function to serialize them.
Write a function Parrot_api_pmc_serialize that takes a PMC and returns a STRING representation of a serialized PMC. Create this function in src/embed/pmc.c. Make sure to properly document this function.
Steps to Complete:
- Create a fork of parrot/parrot on github
- Write the new function Parrot_api_pmc_serialize in src/embed/pmc.c, including documentation.
- Write a test for the new function in t/src/embed/pmc.t
- Build parrot and run all tests to verify
- open a pull request on github.