#{ //this module exists to break a circular dependency between the json module //and container types like dictionaries encode <- :value { if: (object does: value understand?: "jsonEncode") { value jsonEncode } else: { toEncode <- #[] if: (object does: value understand?: "serializeFields") { toEncode <- value serializeFields } else: { toEncode <- object propertiesOf: value } parts <- #[] foreach: toEncode :idx field { fieldVal <- object sendMessage: field to: value parts append: (field jsonEncode) . ":" . (encode: fieldVal) } "{" . (parts join: ",") . "}" } } }