Distinguish between scalars and length-1 vectors when saving/loading lists.
This effectively unboxes all length-1 vectors in a list, by default; this is probably the more reasonable expectation for other languages that have a concept of scalars.
Users can override this by calling I() on elements that they want to keep as length-1 vectors, in the same manner as jsonlite.
Streamlined the definition of the Rfc3339 class so that it behaves better with I().
Normalize paths to resolve ~ prior to calling C++ code.
Open HDF5 files in read-only mode to avoid permission-related problems for readObject()-dispatched functions.
Store numbers at maximum precision when saving lists in the JSON format via saveObject().
Added the saveObject and readObject functions,
which comply with the newly formalized takane specifications for each object's on-disk representation.
This enables greater consistency across language frameworks (e.g., Python) by using a common library for enforcing the specification.
It also eliminates the need for a separate metadata file, simplifying the user experience and the expectations on extension developers.
Added a dedicated validateObject function, which uses the takane libary to validate each object's files.
This allows users to easily check if a set of files is compliant with the specification, e.g., when modifying parts of the object outside of saveObject.
Soft-deprecation of the stageObject and loadObject functions.
These use legacy representations that do not comply with the tightened takane specifications.