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Magic number: "IDB" \r \n NULL Version: 0x01 Flags: is_big_endian Length of Schemas

Target AS String /* used to identify which program this is for, the / / host program can provide implicit schemas. */

OPTIONAL Schemas OF { Schema_size AS UInt8 Schema_type AS UInt8 Schema_name AS String Record_types OF { Value_type IF Value_type = Record THEN Record_type } }

Value_type /* only really makes sense for this to be a compound type */ Value AS Value_type

Types: Int8, Int16, Int32, Int64: 0x02-0x05 UInt8, UInt16, UInt32, Uint64: 0x06-0x09 Single, Double: 0x0A, 0x0B String AS { Length as UInt32, Chars as UInt8 }: 0x01 /* string does not need to be null-terminated */ Record AS { Size Element_count Elements of { Value_type Key AS String Value AS Value_type } }: 0x0C List AS { Size Element_count Elements of { Value_type Value AS Value_type } }: 0x0D Sequence AS { Size Element_count Value_type Values AS Value_type }: 0x0E Boolean: 0x0F Nil: 0x00 Schema types start at 0x10

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