Hey, when making a custom `TaggedEncoder` is there a way to detect if a value is UInt? I can find th...

# serialization

[Matt]

Hey, when making a custom TaggedEncoder is there a way to detect if a value is UInt? I can find the override encodeTaggedInt but not one of UInt, seems like it gets converted to Int

[Ben Woodworth]

Maybe something like this?

https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.serialization/blob/master/docs/formats.md#format-specific-types

serializer.descriptor == byteArraySerializer.descriptor

Specially handling the UInt serializer in encodeSerializableValue, point it to a private encodeUInt that's implemented the same as the other encode methods, then calling your own encodeTaggedUInt

(edit: first part won't work because the UInt serializer doesn't call encodeSerializableValue. see my 3rd reply)

[Ben Woodworth]

Since UInt is inline, you might be able to optimize it a little by using encodeInline, though I'm not familiar enough with inline serializing to know the best way to implement that

[Ben Woodworth]

(not at a computer right now so the code might not quite work)

Looking at the UIntSerializer, it looks like something like this would work:

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