From a5d68372f7e01434e6b88287fa1c784602fda9c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Perry Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 14:16:08 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add support for serializing ES6 sets & maps (#45) --- README.md | 7 +++++-- index.js | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++---- test/unit/serialize.js | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b374ee8..585cd54 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ Serialize JavaScript to a _superset_ of JSON that includes regular expressions, The code in this package began its life as an internal module to [express-state][]. To expand its usefulness, it now lives as `serialize-javascript` — an independent package on npm. -You're probably wondering: **What about `JSON.stringify()`!?** We've found that sometimes we need to serialize JavaScript **functions**, **regexps** or **dates**. A great example is a web app that uses client-side URL routing where the route definitions are regexps that need to be shared from the server to the client. But this module is also great for communicating between node processes. +You're probably wondering: **What about `JSON.stringify()`!?** We've found that sometimes we need to serialize JavaScript **functions**, **regexps**, **dates**, **sets** or **maps**. A great example is a web app that uses client-side URL routing where the route definitions are regexps that need to be shared from the server to the client. But this module is also great for communicating between node processes. The string returned from this package's single export function is literal JavaScript which can be saved to a `.js` file, or be embedded into an HTML document by making the content of a `')).to.equal('"\\u003C\\u002Fscript\\u003E"');