Version 5.0.0

Changes

• Improved precision of negative integers for 6-8 bytes - @chess123mate Thank you 🫶
• Optimized integer push functions by removing modulo rounding beforehand - @chess123mate 🫶

Version 4.1.0

Fixed lazy loading bug with CFrame serializer and reduced memory usage in non-roblox environments.

Version 4.0.0

Changelog

• Changed uint(1) -> u8(), int(2) -> i16(), number(4) -> f32(), etc.
• Changed int implementation to finally comply with buffer.writei behavior and range. - Simplified by @hardlyardi

Optimizations

Thanks to the help of @hardlyardi

• Added special cases in vector, vector2, vector3, vector4, Vector2, Vector3 serializers to minimize reallocation calls.
• Changed Cursor implementation to reduce table accesses.

Version 3.1.0

Squash 3.1.0

Changelog

• Added vector2, vector3, vector4, and vector serializers for the native vector datatype
  • vector will pick either vector3 or vector4 depending on the luau vector-width configuration, making it accessible to Luau users outside of the Roblox sphere

Version 3.0.0

Highlights

• Optimized Record & Array output size by bitpacking booleans AND optional flags in tandem
• Fixed VLQs serialization bugs / edgecases
• Fixed Int serialization bugs / edgecases
• Fixed Record serialization bugs / edgecases

Changelog

• Changed Int3, Int5, Int6, Int7, Int8 to use Zip Encoding instead of 2's Compliment
• Changed VLQs to split encodings into 32bit hi and lo values to preserve data within 52bits
• Changed Records & Arrays to support bitpacking all combinations of booleans and optional values

Helpful Contributors

• @Mark-Marks for providing external testing and revealing bugs and providing technical support for users
• @unityjaeger for attempting bugfixes and providing technical support for users
• @hardlyardi for writing Holy and providing insight about improving VLQ and Int serialization
• @rimuy for updating and maintaining the Typescript port
• Everyone else who has contributed to Squash and the Squash - A Comprehensive SerDes Compression Library thread ❤️

Version 2.5.0

Squash 2.5.0

Highlights

• Removed misleading documentation and fixed minor mistakes
• Optimized Record output size by bitpacking booleans
• CFrame serialization times improved - @TrippTrapp84
• CFrame rotation accuracy improved by using quaternions - @haotian2006

Changelog

• Added rotation serdes to serialize rotations, which are CFrames without a position component
• ⚠️ Breaking Changes: No longer backwards compatible with buffers serialized from 2.4.0 or before
  • Used quaternions to encode CFrame rotations and improve the CFrame serdes accuracy
  • Implemented bitpacking for booleans in record serdes for reducing output size

New Contributors

• @TrippTrapp84 made their first contribution in #40
• @haotian2006 made their first contribution in #41

Full Changelog: v2.4.0...v2.5.0

Version 2.4.0

• Implements #39, courtesy of @Ocipa
• Added literal serializer, used to serialize literal values to u1s and back. Useful for enums
• Improved documentation

Version 2.3.2

Fixed a few issues with caches

Version 2.3.0

Added optional length parameter to buffer, string, array serdes. Removed char serdes.

Version 2.2.0

• Added generic table serializer (don't prefer this over records)
• Added opt serializer for optional data
• Added char serializer for serializing individual characters
• Removed angle serializer for being useless
• The map serializer no longer requires the T function to get the type right
• Improved documentation on Cursors, VLQs, and the Table types