One final stab at improving lambda serialization

[Brian Goetz]

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On 8/19/2013 11:37 AM, Brian Goetz wrote:
> *Background*
>
> The fundamental challenge with serialization is that the code that
> defined a class at serialization time may have changed by the time
> deserialization happens.  Serialization is defined to be tolerant of
> change to a certain extent, and admits a degree of customization to
> allow additional flexibility.
>
 > ...