diff --git a/lib/serialization.lua b/lib/serialization.lua
index 34425e9..675f8cd 100644
--- a/lib/serialization.lua
+++ b/lib/serialization.lua
@@ -1,145 +1,49 @@
--- serialization lib borrowed from OpenOS
-local serialization = {}
-
--- delay loaded tables fail to deserialize cross [C] boundaries (such as when having to read files that cause yields)
-local local_pairs = function(tbl)
-  local mt = getmetatable(tbl)
-  return (mt and mt.__pairs or pairs)(tbl)
+local serial = {}
+local local_pairs=function(tbl)
+ local mt=getmetatable(tbl)
+ return (mt and mt.__pairs or pairs)(tbl)
 end
-
--- Important: pretty formatting will allow presenting non-serializable values
--- but may generate output that cannot be unserialized back.
-function serialization.serialize(value, pretty) -- serialize *value* into a string, optionally in a nicely formatted manner when *pretty* is set
-  local kw =  {["and"]=true, ["break"]=true, ["do"]=true, ["else"]=true,
-               ["elseif"]=true, ["end"]=true, ["false"]=true, ["for"]=true,
-               ["function"]=true, ["goto"]=true, ["if"]=true, ["in"]=true,
-               ["local"]=true, ["nil"]=true, ["not"]=true, ["or"]=true,
-               ["repeat"]=true, ["return"]=true, ["then"]=true, ["true"]=true,
-               ["until"]=true, ["while"]=true}
-  local id = "^[%a_][%w_]*$"
-  local ts = {}
-  local result_pack = {}
-  local function recurse(current_value, depth)
-    local t = type(current_value)
-    if t == "number" then
-      if current_value ~= current_value then
-        table.insert(result_pack, "0/0")
-      elseif current_value == math.huge then
-        table.insert(result_pack, "math.huge")
-      elseif current_value == -math.huge then
-        table.insert(result_pack, "-math.huge")
-      else
-        table.insert(result_pack, tostring(current_value))
-      end
-    elseif t == "string" then
-      table.insert(result_pack, (string.format("%q", current_value):gsub("\\\n","\\n")))
-    elseif
-      t == "nil" or
-      t == "boolean" or
-      pretty and (t ~= "table" or (getmetatable(current_value) or {}).__tostring) then
-      table.insert(result_pack, tostring(current_value))
-    elseif t == "table" then
-      if ts[current_value] then
-        if pretty then
-          table.insert(result_pack, "recursion")
-          return
-        else
-          error("tables with cycles are not supported")
-        end
-      end
-      ts[current_value] = true
-      local f
-      if pretty then
-        local ks, sks, oks = {}, {}, {}
-        for k in local_pairs(current_value) do
-          if type(k) == "number" then
-            table.insert(ks, k)
-          elseif type(k) == "string" then
-            table.insert(sks, k)
-          else
-            table.insert(oks, k)
-          end
-        end
-        table.sort(ks)
-        table.sort(sks)
-        for _, k in ipairs(sks) do
-          table.insert(ks, k)
-        end
-        for _, k in ipairs(oks) do
-          table.insert(ks, k)
-        end
-        local n = 0
-        f = table.pack(function()
-          n = n + 1
-          local k = ks[n]
-          if k ~= nil then
-            return k, current_value[k]
-          else
-            return nil
-          end
-        end)
-      else
-        f = table.pack(local_pairs(current_value))
-      end
-      local i = 1
-      local first = true
-      table.insert(result_pack, "{")
-      for k, v in table.unpack(f) do
-        if not first then
-          table.insert(result_pack, ",")
-          if pretty then
-            table.insert(result_pack, "\n" .. string.rep(" ", depth))
-          end
-        end
-        first = nil
-        local tk = type(k)
-        if tk == "number" and k == i then
-          i = i + 1
-          recurse(v, depth + 1)
-        else
-          if tk == "string" and not kw[k] and string.match(k, id) then
-            table.insert(result_pack, k)
-          else
-            table.insert(result_pack, "[")
-            recurse(k, depth + 1)
-            table.insert(result_pack, "]")
-          end
-          table.insert(result_pack, "=")
-          recurse(v, depth + 1)
-        end
-      end
-      ts[current_value] = nil -- allow writing same table more than once
-      table.insert(result_pack, "}")
+function serial.serialize(value)
+ local kw={["and"]=true,["break"]=true,["do"]=true,["else"]=true,["elseif"]=true,["end"]=true,["false"]=true,["for"]=true,["function"]=true,["goto"]=true,["if"]=true,["in"]=true,["local"]=true,["nil"]=true,["not"]=true,["or"]=true,["repeat"]=true,["return"]=true,["then"]=true,["true"]=true,["until"]=true,["while"]=true}
+ local id="^[%a_][%w_]*$"
+ local ts={}
+ local function s(v,l)
+  local t=type(v)
+  if t=="nil" then return "nil"
+  elseif t=="boolean" then return v and "true" or "false"
+  elseif t=="number" then
+   if v~=v then return "0/0"
+   elseif v==math.huge then return "math.huge"
+   elseif v==-math.huge then return "-math.huge"
+   else return tostring(v) end
+  elseif t=="string" then return string.format("%q",v):gsub("\\\n","\\n")
+  elseif t=="table" then
+   if ts[v] then error("tcyc") end
+   ts[v]=true
+   local i,r=1, nil
+   local f=table.pack(local_pairs(v))
+   for k,v in table.unpack(f) do
+    if r then r=r..","..(("\n"..string.rep(" ",l)) or "")
+    else r="{" end
+    local tk=type(k)
+    if tk=="number" and k==i then
+     i=i+1
+     r=r..s(v,l+1)
     else
-      error("unsupported type: " .. t)
-    end
-  end
-  recurse(value, 1)
-  local result = table.concat(result_pack)
-  if pretty then
-    local limit = type(pretty) == "number" and pretty or 10
-    local truncate = 0
-    while limit > 0 and truncate do
-      truncate = string.find(result, "\n", truncate + 1, true)
-      limit = limit - 1
-    end
-    if truncate then
-      return result:sub(1, truncate) .. "..."
-    end
-  end
-  return result
+     if tk == "string" and not kw[k] and string.match(k,id) then r=r..k
+     else r=r.."["..s(k,l+1).."]" end
+     r=r.."="..s(v,l+1) end end
+   ts[v]=nil
+   return (r or "{").."}"
+  else error("ut "..t) end end
+ return s(value, 1)
 end
-
-function serialization.unserialize(data) -- returns the data contained in serialized string *data*
-  local result, reason = load("return " .. data, "=data", nil, {math={huge=math.huge}})
-  if not result then
-    return nil, reason
-  end
-  local ok, output = pcall(result)
-  if not ok then
-    return nil, output
-  end
-  return output
+function serial.unserialize(data)
+ checkArg(1, data, "string")
+ local result, reason = load("return " .. data, "=data", _, {math={huge=math.huge}})
+ if not result then return nil, reason end
+ local ok, output = pcall(result)
+ if not ok then return nil, output end
+ return output
 end
-
-return serialization
+return serial