Implement Decodable for FromStr and Encodable for ToString about rustc-serialize

[eugene-bulkin]

The problem with this is that without impl specialization, impl<T: ToString> Encodable for T will conflict with several other trait implementations. So until impl specialization is in, we can't do much about that.

[Boscop]

Would it be possible to include an impl of Encodable/Decodable for SocketAddr in rustc-serialize?

[WildCryptoFox]

@Boscop It is equally as held back by the lack of specialization.

[Boscop]

@james-darkfox Do you know what I can use as a encodable/decodable monotonic timestamp since 1970? I haven't found any such time type, all the types from std::time like Instant, SystemTime etc. can't even be converted to/from string.

[WildCryptoFox]

@Boscop That is irrelevant to this thread. Your question may be better asked on reddit/r/rust or on IRC. ircs://irc.mozilla.org:6697/#rust and ircs://irc.mozilla.org:6697/#rust-offtopic

[alexcrichton]

I'm going to close this now that this crate is deprecated in favor of serde. We're discontinuing feature development in rustc-serialize but will still continue to merge bug fixes if they arise.