Ion

Ion is a minimalist binary format for structured data.

Supported types

Index	Kind	Name	Size	Format	Purpose
0x00	u0	void	0	/	Represents void, null, None
0x01	u8	byte	1	u8:self	Represents 8 bit numbers, boolean, char and Ion object kind
0x02	u16	short	2	u16:self	Represents 16 bit numbers
0x03	u32	int	4	u32:self	Represents 32 bit numbers
0x04	u64	long	8	u64:self	Represents 64 bit numbers, pointers
0x05	arr	array	2+	u8:item;u8:size;[object]	Represents arrays, strings, tuples
0x06	list	list	1+	u8:size;[object]	Represents lists

Object kinds are represented using their index in u8 type.
Every object is serialized as kind;self.

Example

Object	Serialized
"hello world"	[05010B68656C6C6F20776F726C64]
(u16) 1337	[020539]