Convert (Nested) List to/from Character Vector

These functions convert a (nested) list to or from a character vector of the same length, preserving and restoring the list structure and values using JSON strings. They do not perform any flattening or simplification and the JSON strings are verbose.

Usage

confine_list(.list)

release_list(.json_chr)

Arguments

.list

A (nested) list.

.json_chr

A character vector containing the JSON representation of (nested) list elements below the top level.