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std::string serialize(map)
{
  std::stringstream output;
  // for each key/value pair in map
  // "{key,value}{key,value}"
      output << "{" << serialize(pair.first) << "." << serialize(pair.second) << "}"
  
  return output.str();
}

template<typename T>
std::string serialize(T)
{
  
}