Serializes value into io. Returns the io. Always use this method (And Cannon.decode) over the instance methods. The Cannon methods will always use the fastest-path available, gradually falling back to slower implementations. This mechanism does not incur any run-time penality.

To add support for your own data structures, implement:

• #to_cannon_io(io) to write self into io
• .from_cannon_io(io) to construct an instance out of io

Make sure to use Cannon.encode in your #to_cannon_io method, and Cannon.decode in your .from_cannon_io method, for optimal speed.

You can automate this by including Cannon::Auto into your structure.

Helper method to check if all data types in tuple are "simple". A simple data type can be serialized by essentially pointer-casting it to Bytes and then blasting it into IO#write.

Deserializes type from io, returning the result.

Helper macro to read a type from io as-is.

Helper macro to write value into io as-is. value must be a variable and can not be a literal or self.