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license: MIT
title: 'sakura: Extension to R Serialization'
version: 0.1.0.9000
doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.sakura
identifiers:
- type: url
  value: https://github.com/shikokuchuo/sakura/
abstract: Extends the functionality of R serialization by augmenting the built-in
  reference hook system. This enhanced implementation allows an integrated single-pass
  operation that combines R serialization with third-party serialization methods.
  Facilitates the serialization of even complex R objects, which contain non-system
  reference objects, such as those accessed via external pointers, to enable their
  use in parallel and distributed computing.
authors:
- family-names: Gao
  given-names: Charlie
  email: charlie.gao@shikokuchuo.net
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0750-061X
- family-names: Ching
  given-names: Travers
  email: traversc@gmail.com
repository: https://rconsortium.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/shikokuchuo/sakura
commit: 70860f75747c3201019e9060f38c3d7f22efc4fc
url: https://shikokuchuo.net/sakura/
date-released: '2025-04-25'
contact:
- family-names: Gao
  given-names: Charlie
  email: charlie.gao@shikokuchuo.net
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0750-061X