Comment on Serialization Format

@@ -42,6 +47,7 @@ func (pa *PeerApp) NewInstance() tapir.Application {
 	newApp.OnAuth = pa.OnAuth
 	newApp.OnClose = pa.OnClose
 	newApp.OnConnecting = pa.OnConnecting
+	newApp.version.Store(0x01)

@@ -62,0 +76,4 @@
+			pa.SendMessage(model2.PeerMessage{
+				ID:      event.ContextVersion,
+				Context: event.ContextGetVal,
+				Data:    []byte{0x02},

@@ -81,0 +104,4 @@
+			err = json.Unmarshal(message, &packet)
+		} else if pa.version.Load() == 0x02 {
+
+			// assume the encoding is invalid

@@ -81,0 +108,4 @@
+			err = errors.New("invalid message")
+
+			// find the identifier prefix
+			idTerminator := bytes.IndexByte(message, '|')

@@ -84,0 +148,4 @@
+				// can remove this check all together)
+				if packet.ID == event.ContextVersion {
+					if pa.version.Load() == 0x01 && len(packet.Data) == 1 && packet.Data[0] == 0x02 {
+						log.Debugf("switching to 2")

@@ -95,0 +169,4 @@
+	var err error
+
+	if pa.version.Load() == 0x02 {
+		// treat data as a pre-serialized string, not as a byte array (which will be base64 encoded and bloat the packet size)

@@ -95,0 +170,4 @@
+
+	if pa.version.Load() == 0x02 {
+		// treat data as a pre-serialized string, not as a byte array (which will be base64 encoded and bloat the packet size)
+		serialized = append(append([]byte(message.ID+"|"), []byte(message.Context+"|")...), message.Data...)

@@ -42,6 +48,7 @@ func (pa *PeerApp) NewInstance() tapir.Application {
 	newApp.OnAuth = pa.OnAuth
 	newApp.OnClose = pa.OnClose
 	newApp.OnConnecting = pa.OnConnecting
+	newApp.version.Store(0x01)

@@ -62,0 +72,4 @@
+			// we are abusing the context here slightly by sending a "malformed" GetVal request.
+			// as a rule cwtch ignores getval requests that it cannot deserialize so older clients will ignore this
+			// message.
+			// version *must* be the first message sent to prevent race conditions for aut events fired on auth

@@ -62,0 +77,4 @@
+			pa.SendMessage(model2.PeerMessage{
+				ID:      event.ContextVersion,
+				Context: event.ContextGetVal,
+				Data:    []byte{Version1},