util.serialization: Cache default serialization instance (fixes #1389)

Most serialization uses still use the default serialize() and thus
duplicate much of the setup, which negates some of the performance
improvements of the rewrite.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/util/serialization.lua b/util/serialization.lua
index dd6a2a2b..5121a9f9 100644
--- a/util/serialization.lua
+++ b/util/serialization.lua
@@ -272,10 +272,15 @@ local function deserialize(str)
 	return ret;
 end
 
+local default = new();
 return {
 	new = new;
 	serialize = function (x, opt)
-		return new(opt)(x);
+		if opt == nil then
+			return default(x);
+		else
+			return new(opt)(x);
+		end
 	end;
 	deserialize = deserialize;
 };