DESCRIPTION¶
Decode the string representation str of a value back into the value itself and return it. str is a string as generated by save_value(E).
The #x:y version specification of the saveformat is optional, however the driver will assume the old format version 0 in this case. It is strongly recommended to regard the version specification as non-optional in newly saved values.
HISTORY¶
- introduced (3.2.8)
- changed (3.2.9) – added restoring of non-lambda closures, symbols, and quoted arrays, using a new savefile format version 1.
- changed (3.5.0) – added the possibility to restore version 2 with its higher float precision.