chore: return serde_v8 to main repo (#12500)

Reduces fragmentation, avoids version drift and facilitates coordinating serde_v8 and op-layer changes

14 files changed, 2222 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/serde_v8/src/de.rs b/serde_v8/src/de.rs
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+// Copyright 2018-2021 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+use rusty_v8 as v8;
+use serde::de::{self, Visitor};
+use serde::Deserialize;
+
+use std::convert::TryFrom;
+
+use crate::error::{Error, Result};
+use crate::keys::{v8_struct_key, KeyCache};
+use crate::payload::ValueType;
+
+use crate::magic;
+
+pub struct Deserializer<'a, 'b, 's> {
+  input: v8::Local<'a, v8::Value>,
+  scope: &'b mut v8::HandleScope<'s>,
+  _key_cache: Option<&'b mut KeyCache>,
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b, 's> Deserializer<'a, 'b, 's> {
+  pub fn new(
+    scope: &'b mut v8::HandleScope<'s>,
+    input: v8::Local<'a, v8::Value>,
+    key_cache: Option<&'b mut KeyCache>,
+  ) -> Self {
+    Deserializer {
+      input,
+      scope,
+      _key_cache: key_cache,
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// from_v8 deserializes a v8::Value into a Deserializable / rust struct
+pub fn from_v8<'de, 'a, 'b, 's, T>(
+  scope: &'b mut v8::HandleScope<'s>,
+  input: v8::Local<'a, v8::Value>,
+) -> Result<T>
+where
+  T: Deserialize<'de>,
+{
+  let mut deserializer = Deserializer::new(scope, input, None);
+  let t = T::deserialize(&mut deserializer)?;
+  Ok(t)
+}
+
+// like from_v8 except accepts a KeyCache to optimize struct key decoding
+pub fn from_v8_cached<'de, 'a, 'b, 's, T>(
+  scope: &'b mut v8::HandleScope<'s>,
+  input: v8::Local<'a, v8::Value>,
+  key_cache: &mut KeyCache,
+) -> Result<T>
+where
+  T: Deserialize<'de>,
+{
+  let mut deserializer = Deserializer::new(scope, input, Some(key_cache));
+  let t = T::deserialize(&mut deserializer)?;
+  Ok(t)
+}
+
+macro_rules! wip {
+  ($method:ident) => {
+    fn $method<V>(self, _v: V) -> Result<V::Value>
+    where
+      V: Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+      unimplemented!()
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+// TODO: maybe check for BigInt truncation ?
+// (i.e: values larger than i64/u64 can hold)
+macro_rules! deserialize_signed {
+  ($dmethod:ident, $vmethod:ident, $t:tt) => {
+    fn $dmethod<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value>
+    where
+      V: Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+      let value: $t = match self.input.is_big_int() {
+        true => {
+          let bigint = v8::Local::<v8::BigInt>::try_from(self.input);
+          bigint.unwrap().i64_value().0 as $t
+        }
+        false => self.input.integer_value(&mut self.scope).unwrap() as $t,
+      };
+      visitor.$vmethod(value)
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+macro_rules! deserialize_unsigned {
+  ($dmethod:ident, $vmethod:ident, $t:tt) => {
+    fn $dmethod<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value>
+    where
+      V: Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+      let value: $t = match self.input.is_big_int() {
+        true => {
+          let bigint = v8::Local::<v8::BigInt>::try_from(self.input);
+          bigint.unwrap().u64_value().0 as $t
+        }
+        false => self.input.integer_value(&mut self.scope).unwrap() as $t,
+      };
+      visitor.$vmethod(value)
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+impl<'de, 'a, 'b, 's, 'x> de::Deserializer<'de>
+  for &'x mut Deserializer<'a, 'b, 's>
+{
+  type Error = Error;
+
+  fn deserialize_any<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value>
+  where
+    V: Visitor<'de>,
+  {
+    match ValueType::from_v8(self.input) {
+      ValueType::Null => self.deserialize_unit(visitor),
+      ValueType::Bool => self.deserialize_bool(visitor),
+      // Handle floats & ints separately to work with loosely-typed serde_json
+      ValueType::Number => {
+        if self.input.is_uint32() {
+          self.deserialize_u32(visitor)
+        } else if self.input.is_int32() {
+          self.deserialize_i32(visitor)
+        } else {
+          self.deserialize_f64(visitor)
+        }
+      }
+      ValueType::String => self.deserialize_string(visitor),
+      ValueType::Array => self.deserialize_seq(visitor),
+      ValueType::Object => self.deserialize_map(visitor),
+    }
+  }
+
+  fn deserialize_bool<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value>
+  where
+    V: Visitor<'de>,
+  {
+    // Relaxed typechecking, will map all non-true vals to false
+    visitor.visit_bool(self.input.is_true())
+  }
+
+  // signed
+  deserialize_signed!(deserialize_i8, visit_i8, i8);
+  deserialize_signed!(deserialize_i16, visit_i16, i16);
+  deserialize_signed!(deserialize_i32, visit_i32, i32);
+  deserialize_signed!(deserialize_i64, visit_i64, i64);
+  // unsigned
+  deserialize_unsigned!(deserialize_u8, visit_u8, u8);
+  deserialize_unsigned!(deserialize_u16, visit_u16, u16);
+  deserialize_unsigned!(deserialize_u32, visit_u32, u32);
+  deserialize_unsigned!(deserialize_u64, visit_u64, u64);
+
+  fn deserialize_f32<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value>
+  where
+    V: Visitor<'de>,
+  {
+    visitor.visit_f32(self.input.number_value(&mut self.scope).unwrap() as f32)
+  }
+
+  fn deserialize_f64<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value>
+  where
+    V: Visitor<'de>,
+  {
+    visitor.visit_f64(self.input.number_value(&mut self.scope).unwrap())
+  }
+
+  wip!(deserialize_char);
+
+  fn deserialize_str<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value>
+  where
+    V: Visitor<'de>,
+  {
+    self.deserialize_string(visitor)
+  }
+
+  fn deserialize_string<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value>
+  where
+    V: Visitor<'de>,
+  {
+    if self.input.is_string() {
+      let v8_string = v8::Local::<v8::String>::try_from(self.input).unwrap();
+      let string = v8_string.to_rust_string_lossy(self.scope);
+      visitor.visit_string(string)
+    } else {
+      Err(Error::ExpectedString)
+    }
+  }
+
+  wip!(deserialize_bytes);
+  wip!(deserialize_byte_buf);
+
+  fn deserialize_option<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value>
+  where
+    V: Visitor<'de>,
+  {
+    if self.input.is_null_or_undefined() {
+      visitor.visit_none()
+    } else {
+      visitor.visit_some(self)
+    }
+  }
+
+  fn deserialize_unit<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value>
+  where
+    V: Visitor<'de>,
+  {
+    if self.input.is_null_or_undefined() {
+      visitor.visit_unit()
+    } else {
+      Err(Error::ExpectedNull)
+    }
+  }
+
+  fn deserialize_unit_struct<V>(
+    self,
+    _name: &'static str,
+    visitor: V,
+  ) -> Result<V::Value>
+  where
+    V: Visitor<'de>,
+  {
+    self.deserialize_unit(visitor)
+  }
+
+  // As is done here, serializers are encouraged to treat newtype structs as
+  // insignificant wrappers around the data they contain. That means not
+  // parsing anything other than the contained value.
+  fn deserialize_newtype_struct<V>(
+    self,
+    _name: &'static str,
+    visitor: V,
+  ) -> Result<V::Value>
+  where
+    V: Visitor<'de>,
+  {
+    visitor.visit_newtype_struct(self)
+  }
+
+  fn deserialize_seq<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value>
+  where
+    V: Visitor<'de>,
+  {
+    let arr = v8::Local::<v8::Array>::try_from(self.input)
+      .map_err(|_| Error::ExpectedArray)?;
+    let len = arr.length();
+    let obj = v8::Local::<v8::Object>::from(arr);
+    let seq = SeqAccess {
+      pos: 0,
+      len,
+      obj,
+      scope: self.scope,
+    };
+    visitor.visit_seq(seq)
+  }
+
+  // Like deserialize_seq except it prefers tuple's length over input array's length
+  fn deserialize_tuple<V>(self, len: usize, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value>
+  where
+    V: Visitor<'de>,
+  {
+    // TODO: error on length mismatch
+    let obj = v8::Local::<v8::Object>::try_from(self.input).unwrap();
+    let seq = SeqAccess {
+      pos: 0,
+      len: len as u32,
+      obj,
+      scope: self.scope,
+    };
+    visitor.visit_seq(seq)
+  }
+
+  // Tuple structs look just like sequences in JSON.
+  fn deserialize_tuple_struct<V>(
+    self,
+    _name: &'static str,
+    len: usize,
+    visitor: V,
+  ) -> Result<V::Value>
+  where
+    V: Visitor<'de>,
+  {
+    self.deserialize_tuple(len, visitor)
+  }
+
+  fn deserialize_map<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value>
+  where
+    V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+  {
+    // Assume object, then get_own_property_names
+    let obj = v8::Local::<v8::Object>::try_from(self.input)
+      .map_err(|_| Error::ExpectedObject)?;
+    let prop_names = obj.get_own_property_names(self.scope);
+    let mut keys: Vec<magic::Value> = match prop_names {
+      Some(names) => from_v8(self.scope, names.into()).unwrap(),
+      None => vec![],
+    };
+    let keys: Vec<v8::Local<v8::Value>> = keys
+      .drain(..)
+      .map(|x| x.into())
+      // Filter keys to drop keys whose value is undefined
+      // TODO: optimize, since this doubles our get calls
+      .filter(|key| !obj.get(self.scope, *key).unwrap().is_undefined())
+      .collect();
+
+    let map = MapAccess {
+      obj,
+      keys,
+      pos: 0,
+      scope: self.scope,
+    };
+    visitor.visit_map(map)
+  }
+
+  fn deserialize_struct<V>(
+    self,
+    name: &'static str,
+    fields: &'static [&'static str],
+    visitor: V,
+  ) -> Result<V::Value>
+  where
+    V: Visitor<'de>,
+  {
+    // Magic for serde_v8::magic::Value, to passthrough v8::Value
+    // TODO: ensure this is cross-platform and there's no alternative
+    if name == magic::NAME {
+      let mv = magic::Value {
+        v8_value: self.input,
+      };
+      let hack: u64 = unsafe { std::mem::transmute(mv) };
+      return visitor.visit_u64(hack);
+    }
+
+    // Magic Buffer
+    if name == magic::buffer::BUF_NAME {
+      let zero_copy_buf =
+        v8::Local::<v8::ArrayBufferView>::try_from(self.input)
+          .and_then(|view| {
+            magic::zero_copy_buf::ZeroCopyBuf::try_new(self.scope, view)
+          })
+          .map_err(|_| Error::ExpectedArray)?;
+      let data: [u8; 32] = unsafe { std::mem::transmute(zero_copy_buf) };
+      return visitor.visit_bytes(&data);
+    }
+
+    // Magic ByteString
+    if name == magic::bytestring::NAME {
+      if let Some(v8_string) = self.input.to_string(self.scope) {
+        if v8_string.contains_only_onebyte() {
+          let mut buffer: Vec<u8> = vec![0u8; v8_string.length()];
+          let written = v8_string.write_one_byte(
+            self.scope,
+            &mut buffer,
+            0,
+            v8::WriteOptions::NO_NULL_TERMINATION,
+          );
+          assert!(written == v8_string.length());
+          return visitor.visit_byte_buf(buffer);
+        } else {
+          return Err(Error::Message(
+            "Expected a valid ByteString.".to_string(),
+          ));
+        }
+      } else {
+        return Err(Error::ExpectedString);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Regular struct
+    let obj = v8::Local::<v8::Object>::try_from(self.input)
+      .map_err(|_| Error::ExpectedObject)?;
+    let map = ObjectAccess {
+      fields,
+      obj,
+      pos: 0,
+      scope: self.scope,
+      _cache: None,
+    };
+
+    visitor.visit_map(map)
+  }
+
+  /// To be compatible with `serde-json`, we expect enums to be:
+  /// - `"Variant"`: strings for unit variants, i.e: Enum::Variant
+  /// - `{ Variant: payload }`: single K/V pairs, converted to `Enum::Variant { payload }`
+  fn deserialize_enum<V>(
+    self,
+    _name: &str,
+    _variants: &'static [&'static str],
+    visitor: V,
+  ) -> Result<V::Value>
+  where
+    V: Visitor<'de>,
+  {
+    // Unit variant
+    if self.input.is_string() {
+      let payload = v8::undefined(self.scope).into();
+      visitor.visit_enum(EnumAccess {
+        scope: self.scope,
+        tag: self.input,
+        payload,
+      })
+    }
+    // Struct or tuple variant
+    else if self.input.is_object() {
+      // Assume object
+      let obj = v8::Local::<v8::Object>::try_from(self.input).unwrap();
+      // Unpack single-key
+      let tag = {
+        let prop_names = obj.get_own_property_names(self.scope);
+        let prop_names = prop_names.ok_or(Error::ExpectedEnum)?;
+        if prop_names.length() != 1 {
+          return Err(Error::LengthMismatch);
+        }
+        prop_names.get_index(self.scope, 0).unwrap()
+      };
+
+      let payload = obj.get(self.scope, tag).unwrap();
+      visitor.visit_enum(EnumAccess {
+        scope: self.scope,
+        tag,
+        payload,
+      })
+    } else {
+      // TODO: improve error
+      Err(Error::ExpectedEnum)
+    }
+  }
+
+  // An identifier in Serde is the type that identifies a field of a struct or
+  // the variant of an enum. In JSON, struct fields and enum variants are
+  // represented as strings. In other formats they may be represented as
+  // numeric indices.
+  fn deserialize_identifier<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value>
+  where
+    V: Visitor<'de>,
+  {
+    self.deserialize_str(visitor)
+  }
+
+  fn deserialize_ignored_any<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value>
+  where
+    V: Visitor<'de>,
+  {
+    visitor.visit_none()
+  }
+}
+
+struct MapAccess<'a, 'b, 's> {
+  obj: v8::Local<'a, v8::Object>,
+  scope: &'b mut v8::HandleScope<'s>,
+  keys: Vec<v8::Local<'a, v8::Value>>,
+  pos: usize,
+}
+
+impl<'de> de::MapAccess<'de> for MapAccess<'_, '_, '_> {
+  type Error = Error;
+
+  fn next_key_seed<K: de::DeserializeSeed<'de>>(
+    &mut self,
+    seed: K,
+  ) -> Result<Option<K::Value>> {
+    Ok(match self.keys.get(self.pos) {
+      Some(key) => {
+        let mut deserializer = Deserializer::new(self.scope, *key, None);
+        Some(seed.deserialize(&mut deserializer)?)
+      }
+      None => None,
+    })
+  }
+
+  fn next_value_seed<V: de::DeserializeSeed<'de>>(
+    &mut self,
+    seed: V,
+  ) -> Result<V::Value> {
+    if self.pos >= self.keys.len() {
+      return Err(Error::LengthMismatch);
+    }
+    let key = self.keys[self.pos];
+    self.pos += 1;
+    let v8_val = self.obj.get(self.scope, key).unwrap();
+    let mut deserializer = Deserializer::new(self.scope, v8_val, None);
+    seed.deserialize(&mut deserializer)
+  }
+
+  fn next_entry_seed<
+    K: de::DeserializeSeed<'de>,
+    V: de::DeserializeSeed<'de>,
+  >(
+    &mut self,
+    kseed: K,
+    vseed: V,
+  ) -> Result<Option<(K::Value, V::Value)>> {
+    if self.pos >= self.keys.len() {
+      return Ok(None);
+    }
+    let v8_key = self.keys[self.pos];
+    self.pos += 1;
+    let mut kdeserializer = Deserializer::new(self.scope, v8_key, None);
+    Ok(Some((kseed.deserialize(&mut kdeserializer)?, {
+      let v8_val = self.obj.get(self.scope, v8_key).unwrap();
+      let mut deserializer = Deserializer::new(self.scope, v8_val, None);
+      vseed.deserialize(&mut deserializer)?
+    })))
+  }
+}
+
+struct ObjectAccess<'a, 'b, 's> {
+  obj: v8::Local<'a, v8::Object>,
+  scope: &'b mut v8::HandleScope<'s>,
+  fields: &'static [&'static str],
+  pos: usize,
+  _cache: Option<&'b mut KeyCache>,
+}
+
+fn str_deserializer(s: &str) -> de::value::StrDeserializer<Error> {
+  de::IntoDeserializer::into_deserializer(s)
+}
+
+impl<'de, 'a, 'b, 's> de::MapAccess<'de> for ObjectAccess<'a, 'b, 's> {
+  type Error = Error;
+
+  fn next_key_seed<K: de::DeserializeSeed<'de>>(
+    &mut self,
+    seed: K,
+  ) -> Result<Option<K::Value>> {
+    Ok(match self.fields.get(self.pos) {
+      Some(&field) => Some(seed.deserialize(str_deserializer(field))?),
+      None => None,
+    })
+  }
+
+  fn next_value_seed<V: de::DeserializeSeed<'de>>(
+    &mut self,
+    seed: V,
+  ) -> Result<V::Value> {
+    if self.pos >= self.fields.len() {
+      return Err(Error::LengthMismatch);
+    }
+    let field = self.fields[self.pos];
+    self.pos += 1;
+    let key = v8_struct_key(self.scope, field).into();
+    let v8_val = self.obj.get(self.scope, key).unwrap();
+    let mut deserializer = Deserializer::new(self.scope, v8_val, None);
+    seed.deserialize(&mut deserializer)
+  }
+
+  fn next_entry_seed<
+    K: de::DeserializeSeed<'de>,
+    V: de::DeserializeSeed<'de>,
+  >(
+    &mut self,
+    kseed: K,
+    vseed: V,
+  ) -> Result<Option<(K::Value, V::Value)>> {
+    if self.pos >= self.fields.len() {
+      return Ok(None);
+    }
+    let field = self.fields[self.pos];
+    self.pos += 1;
+    Ok(Some((kseed.deserialize(str_deserializer(field))?, {
+      let key = v8_struct_key(self.scope, field).into();
+      let v8_val = self.obj.get(self.scope, key).unwrap();
+      let mut deserializer = Deserializer::new(self.scope, v8_val, None);
+      vseed.deserialize(&mut deserializer)?
+    })))
+  }
+}
+
+struct SeqAccess<'a, 'b, 's> {
+  obj: v8::Local<'a, v8::Object>,
+  scope: &'b mut v8::HandleScope<'s>,
+  len: u32,
+  pos: u32,
+}
+
+impl<'de> de::SeqAccess<'de> for SeqAccess<'_, '_, '_> {
+  type Error = Error;
+
+  fn next_element_seed<T: de::DeserializeSeed<'de>>(
+    &mut self,
+    seed: T,
+  ) -> Result<Option<T::Value>> {
+    let pos = self.pos;
+    self.pos += 1;
+
+    if pos < self.len {
+      let val = self.obj.get_index(self.scope, pos).unwrap();
+      let mut deserializer = Deserializer::new(self.scope, val, None);
+      Ok(Some(seed.deserialize(&mut deserializer)?))
+    } else {
+      Ok(None)
+    }
+  }
+
+  fn size_hint(&self) -> Option<usize> {
+    Some((self.len - self.pos) as usize)
+  }
+}
+
+struct EnumAccess<'a, 'b, 's> {
+  tag: v8::Local<'a, v8::Value>,
+  payload: v8::Local<'a, v8::Value>,
+  scope: &'b mut v8::HandleScope<'s>,
+  // p1: std::marker::PhantomData<&'x ()>,
+}
+
+impl<'de, 'a, 'b, 's, 'x> de::EnumAccess<'de> for EnumAccess<'a, 'b, 's> {
+  type Error = Error;
+  type Variant = VariantDeserializer<'a, 'b, 's>;
+
+  fn variant_seed<V: de::DeserializeSeed<'de>>(
+    self,
+    seed: V,
+  ) -> Result<(V::Value, Self::Variant)> {
+    let seed = {
+      let mut dtag = Deserializer::new(self.scope, self.tag, None);
+      seed.deserialize(&mut dtag)
+    };
+    let dpayload = VariantDeserializer::<'a, 'b, 's> {
+      scope: self.scope,
+      value: self.payload,
+    };
+
+    Ok((seed?, dpayload))
+  }
+}
+
+struct VariantDeserializer<'a, 'b, 's> {
+  value: v8::Local<'a, v8::Value>,
+  scope: &'b mut v8::HandleScope<'s>,
+}
+
+impl<'de, 'a, 'b, 's> de::VariantAccess<'de>
+  for VariantDeserializer<'a, 'b, 's>
+{
+  type Error = Error;
+
+  fn unit_variant(self) -> Result<()> {
+    let mut d = Deserializer::new(self.scope, self.value, None);
+    de::Deserialize::deserialize(&mut d)
+  }
+
+  fn newtype_variant_seed<T: de::DeserializeSeed<'de>>(
+    self,
+    seed: T,
+  ) -> Result<T::Value> {
+    let mut d = Deserializer::new(self.scope, self.value, None);
+    seed.deserialize(&mut d)
+  }
+
+  fn tuple_variant<V: de::Visitor<'de>>(
+    self,
+    len: usize,
+    visitor: V,
+  ) -> Result<V::Value> {
+    let mut d = Deserializer::new(self.scope, self.value, None);
+    de::Deserializer::deserialize_tuple(&mut d, len, visitor)
+  }
+
+  fn struct_variant<V: de::Visitor<'de>>(
+    self,
+    fields: &'static [&'static str],
+    visitor: V,
+  ) -> Result<V::Value> {
+    let mut d = Deserializer::new(self.scope, self.value, None);
+    de::Deserializer::deserialize_struct(&mut d, "", fields, visitor)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/serde_v8/src/error.rs b/serde_v8/src/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39625da13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/serde_v8/src/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2021 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+use std::fmt::{self, Display};
+
+use serde::{de, ser};
+
+pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub enum Error {
+  Message(String),
+
+  ExpectedBoolean,
+  ExpectedInteger,
+  ExpectedString,
+  ExpectedNull,
+  ExpectedArray,
+  ExpectedMap,
+  ExpectedEnum,
+  ExpectedObject,
+
+  ExpectedUtf8,
+
+  LengthMismatch,
+}
+
+impl ser::Error for Error {
+  fn custom<T: Display>(msg: T) -> Self {
+    Error::Message(msg.to_string())
+  }
+}
+
+impl de::Error for Error {
+  fn custom<T: Display>(msg: T) -> Self {
+    Error::Message(msg.to_string())
+  }
+}
+
+impl Display for Error {
+  fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+    match self {
+      Error::Message(msg) => formatter.write_str(msg),
+      err => formatter.write_str(format!("serde_v8 error: {:?}", err).as_ref()),
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+impl std::error::Error for Error {}
diff --git a/serde_v8/src/keys.rs b/serde_v8/src/keys.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea989086c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/serde_v8/src/keys.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2021 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+use rusty_v8 as v8;
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+// KeyCache stores a pool struct keys mapped to v8,
+// to minimize allocs and speed up decoding/encoding `v8::Object`s
+// TODO: experiment with in from_v8/to_v8
+pub struct KeyCache(HashMap<&'static str, v8::Global<v8::String>>);
+
+// creates an optimized v8::String for a struct field
+// TODO: experiment with external strings
+// TODO: evaluate if own KeyCache is better than v8's dedupe
+pub fn v8_struct_key<'s>(
+  scope: &mut v8::HandleScope<'s>,
+  field: &'static str,
+) -> v8::Local<'s, v8::String> {
+  // Internalized v8 strings are significantly faster than "normal" v8 strings
+  // since v8 deduplicates re-used strings minimizing new allocations
+  // see: https://github.com/v8/v8/blob/14ac92e02cc3db38131a57e75e2392529f405f2f/include/v8.h#L3165-L3171
+  v8::String::new_from_utf8(
+    scope,
+    field.as_ref(),
+    v8::NewStringType::Internalized,
+  )
+  .unwrap()
+
+  // TODO: consider external strings later
+  // right now non-deduped external strings (without KeyCache)
+  // are slower than the deduped internalized strings by ~2.5x
+  // since they're a new string in v8's eyes and needs to be hashed, etc...
+  // v8::String::new_external_onebyte_static(scope, field).unwrap()
+}
diff --git a/serde_v8/src/lib.rs b/serde_v8/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..374a27ce2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/serde_v8/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2021 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+mod de;
+mod error;
+mod keys;
+mod magic;
+mod payload;
+mod ser;
+mod serializable;
+pub mod utils;
+
+pub use de::{from_v8, from_v8_cached, Deserializer};
+pub use error::{Error, Result};
+pub use keys::KeyCache;
+pub use magic::buffer::MagicBuffer as Buffer;
+pub use magic::bytestring::ByteString;
+pub use magic::Value;
+pub use ser::{to_v8, Serializer};
+pub use serializable::{Serializable, SerializablePkg};
diff --git a/serde_v8/src/magic/buffer.rs b/serde_v8/src/magic/buffer.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef1f395fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/serde_v8/src/magic/buffer.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+use rusty_v8 as v8;
+
+use std::fmt;
+use std::ops::Deref;
+use std::ops::DerefMut;
+use std::sync::Mutex;
+
+use super::zero_copy_buf::ZeroCopyBuf;
+
+// An asymmetric wrapper around ZeroCopyBuf,
+// allowing us to use a single type for familiarity
+pub enum MagicBuffer {
+  FromV8(ZeroCopyBuf),
+  ToV8(Mutex<Option<Box<[u8]>>>),
+}
+
+impl MagicBuffer {
+  pub fn new<'s>(
+    scope: &mut v8::HandleScope<'s>,
+    view: v8::Local<v8::ArrayBufferView>,
+  ) -> Self {
+    Self::try_new(scope, view).unwrap()
+  }
+
+  pub fn try_new<'s>(
+    scope: &mut v8::HandleScope<'s>,
+    view: v8::Local<v8::ArrayBufferView>,
+  ) -> Result<Self, v8::DataError> {
+    Ok(Self::FromV8(ZeroCopyBuf::try_new(scope, view)?))
+  }
+
+  pub fn empty() -> Self {
+    MagicBuffer::ToV8(Mutex::new(Some(vec![0_u8; 0].into_boxed_slice())))
+  }
+}
+
+impl Clone for MagicBuffer {
+  fn clone(&self) -> Self {
+    match self {
+      Self::FromV8(zbuf) => Self::FromV8(zbuf.clone()),
+      Self::ToV8(_) => panic!("Don't Clone a MagicBuffer sent to v8"),
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+impl AsRef<[u8]> for MagicBuffer {
+  fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8] {
+    &*self
+  }
+}
+
+impl AsMut<[u8]> for MagicBuffer {
+  fn as_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
+    &mut *self
+  }
+}
+
+impl Deref for MagicBuffer {
+  type Target = [u8];
+  fn deref(&self) -> &[u8] {
+    match self {
+      Self::FromV8(buf) => &*buf,
+      Self::ToV8(_) => panic!("Don't Deref a MagicBuffer sent to v8"),
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+impl DerefMut for MagicBuffer {
+  fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
+    match self {
+      Self::FromV8(buf) => &mut *buf,
+      Self::ToV8(_) => panic!("Don't Deref a MagicBuffer sent to v8"),
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+impl From<Box<[u8]>> for MagicBuffer {
+  fn from(buf: Box<[u8]>) -> Self {
+    MagicBuffer::ToV8(Mutex::new(Some(buf)))
+  }
+}
+
+impl From<Vec<u8>> for MagicBuffer {
+  fn from(vec: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
+    vec.into_boxed_slice().into()
+  }
+}
+
+pub const BUF_NAME: &str = "$__v8_magic_Buffer";
+pub const BUF_FIELD_1: &str = "$__v8_magic_buffer_1";
+pub const BUF_FIELD_2: &str = "$__v8_magic_buffer_2";
+
+impl serde::Serialize for MagicBuffer {
+  fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+  where
+    S: serde::Serializer,
+  {
+    use serde::ser::SerializeStruct;
+
+    let mut s = serializer.serialize_struct(BUF_NAME, 1)?;
+    let boxed: Box<[u8]> = match self {
+      Self::FromV8(buf) => {
+        let value: &[u8] = buf;
+        value.into()
+      }
+      Self::ToV8(x) => x.lock().unwrap().take().expect("MagicBuffer was empty"),
+    };
+    let hack: [usize; 2] = unsafe { std::mem::transmute(boxed) };
+    let f1: u64 = hack[0] as u64;
+    let f2: u64 = hack[1] as u64;
+    s.serialize_field(BUF_FIELD_1, &f1)?;
+    s.serialize_field(BUF_FIELD_2, &f2)?;
+    s.end()
+  }
+}
+
+impl<'de, 's> serde::Deserialize<'de> for MagicBuffer {
+  fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<MagicBuffer, D::Error>
+  where
+    D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
+  {
+    struct ValueVisitor {}
+
+    impl<'de> serde::de::Visitor<'de> for ValueVisitor {
+      type Value = MagicBuffer;
+
+      fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        formatter.write_str("a serde_v8::MagicBuffer")
+      }
+
+      fn visit_bytes<E>(self, v: &[u8]) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
+      where
+        E: serde::de::Error,
+      {
+        let p1: &[usize] = unsafe { &*(v as *const [u8] as *const [usize]) };
+        let p2: [usize; 4] = [p1[0], p1[1], p1[2], p1[3]];
+        let zero_copy: ZeroCopyBuf = unsafe { std::mem::transmute(p2) };
+        Ok(MagicBuffer::FromV8(zero_copy))
+      }
+    }
+
+    static FIELDS: [&str; 0] = [];
+    let visitor = ValueVisitor {};
+    deserializer.deserialize_struct(BUF_NAME, &FIELDS, visitor)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/serde_v8/src/magic/bytestring.rs b/serde_v8/src/magic/bytestring.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e90b7528e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/serde_v8/src/magic/bytestring.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2021 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+
+use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
+
+use serde::{de::Visitor, Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
+
+pub const NAME: &str = "$__v8_magic_bytestring";
+pub const FIELD_PTR: &str = "$__v8_magic_bytestring_ptr";
+pub const FIELD_LEN: &str = "$__v8_magic_bytestring_len";
+
+#[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct ByteString(pub Vec<u8>);
+
+impl ByteString {
+  pub fn new() -> ByteString {
+    ByteString(Vec::new())
+  }
+
+  pub fn with_capacity(capacity: usize) -> ByteString {
+    ByteString(Vec::with_capacity(capacity))
+  }
+
+  pub fn capacity(&self) -> usize {
+    self.0.capacity()
+  }
+
+  pub fn reserve(&mut self, additional: usize) {
+    self.0.reserve(additional)
+  }
+
+  pub fn reserve_exact(&mut self, additional: usize) {
+    self.0.reserve_exact(additional)
+  }
+
+  pub fn shrink_to_fit(&mut self) {
+    self.0.shrink_to_fit()
+  }
+
+  pub fn truncate(&mut self, len: usize) {
+    self.0.truncate(len)
+  }
+
+  pub fn push(&mut self, value: u8) {
+    self.0.push(value)
+  }
+
+  pub fn pop(&mut self) -> Option<u8> {
+    self.0.pop()
+  }
+}
+
+impl Default for ByteString {
+  fn default() -> Self {
+    ByteString::new()
+  }
+}
+
+impl Deref for ByteString {
+  type Target = [u8];
+
+  fn deref(&self) -> &[u8] {
+    self.0.deref()
+  }
+}
+
+impl DerefMut for ByteString {
+  fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
+    self.0.deref_mut()
+  }
+}
+
+impl AsRef<[u8]> for ByteString {
+  fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8] {
+    self.0.as_ref()
+  }
+}
+
+impl AsMut<[u8]> for ByteString {
+  fn as_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
+    self.0.as_mut()
+  }
+}
+
+impl Serialize for ByteString {
+  fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+  where
+    S: Serializer,
+  {
+    use serde::ser::SerializeStruct;
+
+    let mut s = serializer.serialize_struct(NAME, 1)?;
+    s.serialize_field(FIELD_PTR, &(self.0.as_ptr() as usize))?;
+    s.serialize_field(FIELD_LEN, &self.0.len())?;
+    s.end()
+  }
+}
+
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for ByteString {
+  fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+  where
+    D: Deserializer<'de>,
+  {
+    struct ValueVisitor {}
+
+    impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for ValueVisitor {
+      type Value = ByteString;
+
+      fn expecting(
+        &self,
+        formatter: &mut std::fmt::Formatter,
+      ) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        formatter.write_str("a serde_v8::ByteString")
+      }
+
+      fn visit_byte_buf<E>(self, v: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
+      where
+        E: serde::de::Error,
+      {
+        Ok(ByteString(v))
+      }
+    }
+
+    deserializer.deserialize_struct(NAME, &[], ValueVisitor {})
+  }
+}
diff --git a/serde_v8/src/magic/field.rs b/serde_v8/src/magic/field.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6bb9ee54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/serde_v8/src/magic/field.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2021 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+use crate::error::{Error, Result};
+use serde::ser::{Impossible, Serialize, Serializer};
+
+/// All serde_v8 "magic" values are reduced to structs with 1 or 2 u64 fields
+/// assuming usize==u64, most types are simply a pointer or pointer+len (e.g: Box<T>)
+pub type TransmutedField = u64;
+pub type FieldResult = Result<TransmutedField>;
+
+macro_rules! not_reachable {
+    ($($name:ident($ty:ty);)*) => {
+        $(fn $name(self, _v: $ty) -> FieldResult {
+            unreachable!();
+        })*
+    };
+}
+
+/// FieldSerializer is a simple serde::Serializer that only returns u64s
+/// it allows the "magic" struct serializers to obtain the transmuted field values
+pub struct FieldSerializer {}
+
+impl Serializer for FieldSerializer {
+  type Ok = TransmutedField;
+  type Error = Error;
+
+  type SerializeSeq = Impossible<TransmutedField, Error>;
+  type SerializeTuple = Impossible<TransmutedField, Error>;
+  type SerializeTupleStruct = Impossible<TransmutedField, Error>;
+  type SerializeTupleVariant = Impossible<TransmutedField, Error>;
+  type SerializeMap = Impossible<TransmutedField, Error>;
+  type SerializeStruct = Impossible<TransmutedField, Error>;
+  type SerializeStructVariant = Impossible<TransmutedField, Error>;
+
+  fn serialize_u64(self, transmuted_field: u64) -> FieldResult {
+    Ok(transmuted_field)
+  }
+
+  not_reachable! {
+      serialize_i8(i8);
+      serialize_i16(i16);
+      serialize_i32(i32);
+      serialize_i64(i64);
+      serialize_u8(u8);
+      serialize_u16(u16);
+      serialize_u32(u32);
+      // serialize_u64(TransmutedField); the chosen one
+      serialize_f32(f32);
+      serialize_f64(f64);
+      serialize_bool(bool);
+      serialize_char(char);
+      serialize_str(&str);
+      serialize_bytes(&[u8]);
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_none(self) -> FieldResult {
+    unreachable!();
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_some<T: ?Sized + Serialize>(self, _value: &T) -> FieldResult {
+    unreachable!();
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_unit(self) -> FieldResult {
+    unreachable!();
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_unit_struct(self, _name: &'static str) -> FieldResult {
+    unreachable!();
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_unit_variant(
+    self,
+    _name: &'static str,
+    _variant_index: u32,
+    _variant: &'static str,
+  ) -> FieldResult {
+    unreachable!();
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_newtype_struct<T: ?Sized + Serialize>(
+    self,
+    _name: &'static str,
+    _value: &T,
+  ) -> FieldResult {
+    unreachable!();
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_newtype_variant<T: ?Sized + Serialize>(
+    self,
+    _name: &'static str,
+    _variant_index: u32,
+    _variant: &'static str,
+    _value: &T,
+  ) -> FieldResult {
+    unreachable!();
+  }
+  fn serialize_seq(self, _len: Option<usize>) -> Result<Self::SerializeSeq> {
+    unreachable!();
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_tuple(self, _len: usize) -> Result<Self::SerializeTuple> {
+    unreachable!();
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_tuple_struct(
+    self,
+    _name: &'static str,
+    _len: usize,
+  ) -> Result<Self::SerializeTupleStruct> {
+    unreachable!();
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_tuple_variant(
+    self,
+    _name: &'static str,
+    _variant_index: u32,
+    _variant: &'static str,
+    _len: usize,
+  ) -> Result<Self::SerializeTupleVariant> {
+    unreachable!();
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_map(self, _len: Option<usize>) -> Result<Self::SerializeMap> {
+    unreachable!();
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_struct(
+    self,
+    _name: &'static str,
+    _len: usize,
+  ) -> Result<Self::SerializeStruct> {
+    unreachable!();
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_struct_variant(
+    self,
+    _name: &'static str,
+    _variant_index: u32,
+    _variant: &'static str,
+    _len: usize,
+  ) -> Result<Self::SerializeStructVariant> {
+    unreachable!();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/serde_v8/src/magic/mod.rs b/serde_v8/src/magic/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00c06fd4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/serde_v8/src/magic/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2021 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+pub mod buffer;
+pub mod bytestring;
+mod field;
+mod value;
+pub mod zero_copy_buf;
+
+pub use field::FieldSerializer;
+pub use value::{Value, FIELD, NAME};
diff --git a/serde_v8/src/magic/value.rs b/serde_v8/src/magic/value.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2cb622466
--- /dev/null
+++ b/serde_v8/src/magic/value.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2021 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+use rusty_v8 as v8;
+
+use std::fmt;
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
+
+pub const FIELD: &str = "$__v8_magic_value";
+pub const NAME: &str = "$__v8_magic_Value";
+
+/// serde_v8::Value allows passing through `v8::Value`s untouched
+/// when encoding/decoding and allows mixing rust & v8 values in
+/// structs, tuples...
+/// The implementation mainly breaks down to:
+/// 1. Transmuting between u64 <> serde_v8::Value
+/// 2. Using special struct/field names to detect these values
+/// 3. Then serde "boilerplate"
+pub struct Value<'s> {
+  pub v8_value: v8::Local<'s, v8::Value>,
+}
+
+impl<'s> From<v8::Local<'s, v8::Value>> for Value<'s> {
+  fn from(v8_value: v8::Local<'s, v8::Value>) -> Self {
+    Self { v8_value }
+  }
+}
+
+impl<'s> From<Value<'s>> for v8::Local<'s, v8::Value> {
+  fn from(v: Value<'s>) -> Self {
+    v.v8_value
+  }
+}
+
+impl serde::Serialize for Value<'_> {
+  fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+  where
+    S: serde::Serializer,
+  {
+    use serde::ser::SerializeStruct;
+
+    let mut s = serializer.serialize_struct(NAME, 1)?;
+    let mv = Value {
+      v8_value: self.v8_value,
+    };
+    let hack: u64 = unsafe { std::mem::transmute(mv) };
+    s.serialize_field(FIELD, &hack)?;
+    s.end()
+  }
+}
+
+impl<'de, 's> serde::Deserialize<'de> for Value<'s> {
+  fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Value<'s>, D::Error>
+  where
+    D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
+  {
+    struct ValueVisitor<'s> {
+      p1: PhantomData<&'s ()>,
+    }
+
+    impl<'de, 's> serde::de::Visitor<'de> for ValueVisitor<'s> {
+      type Value = Value<'s>;
+
+      fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        formatter.write_str("a v8::Value")
+      }
+
+      fn visit_u64<E>(self, v: u64) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
+      where
+        E: serde::de::Error,
+      {
+        let mv: Value<'s> = unsafe { std::mem::transmute(v) };
+        Ok(mv)
+      }
+    }
+
+    static FIELDS: [&str; 1] = [FIELD];
+    let visitor = ValueVisitor { p1: PhantomData };
+    deserializer.deserialize_struct(NAME, &FIELDS, visitor)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/serde_v8/src/magic/zero_copy_buf.rs b/serde_v8/src/magic/zero_copy_buf.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e911c329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/serde_v8/src/magic/zero_copy_buf.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2021 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+
+use rusty_v8 as v8;
+use std::cell::Cell;
+use std::ops::Deref;
+use std::ops::DerefMut;
+
+/// A ZeroCopyBuf encapsulates a slice that's been borrowed from a JavaScript
+/// ArrayBuffer object. JavaScript objects can normally be garbage collected,
+/// but the existence of a ZeroCopyBuf inhibits this until it is dropped. It
+/// behaves much like an Arc<[u8]>.
+///
+/// # Cloning
+/// Cloning a ZeroCopyBuf does not clone the contents of the buffer,
+/// it creates a new reference to that buffer.
+///
+/// To actually clone the contents of the buffer do
+/// `let copy = Vec::from(&*zero_copy_buf);`
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct ZeroCopyBuf {
+  backing_store: v8::SharedRef<v8::BackingStore>,
+  byte_offset: usize,
+  byte_length: usize,
+}
+
+unsafe impl Send for ZeroCopyBuf {}
+
+impl ZeroCopyBuf {
+  pub fn new<'s>(
+    scope: &mut v8::HandleScope<'s>,
+    view: v8::Local<v8::ArrayBufferView>,
+  ) -> Self {
+    Self::try_new(scope, view).unwrap()
+  }
+
+  pub fn try_new<'s>(
+    scope: &mut v8::HandleScope<'s>,
+    view: v8::Local<v8::ArrayBufferView>,
+  ) -> Result<Self, v8::DataError> {
+    let backing_store = view.buffer(scope).unwrap().get_backing_store();
+    if backing_store.is_shared() {
+      return Err(v8::DataError::BadType {
+        actual: "shared ArrayBufferView",
+        expected: "non-shared ArrayBufferView",
+      });
+    }
+    let byte_offset = view.byte_offset();
+    let byte_length = view.byte_length();
+    Ok(Self {
+      backing_store,
+      byte_offset,
+      byte_length,
+    })
+  }
+}
+
+impl Deref for ZeroCopyBuf {
+  type Target = [u8];
+  fn deref(&self) -> &[u8] {
+    unsafe {
+      get_backing_store_slice(
+        &self.backing_store,
+        self.byte_offset,
+        self.byte_length,
+      )
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+impl DerefMut for ZeroCopyBuf {
+  fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
+    unsafe {
+      get_backing_store_slice_mut(
+        &self.backing_store,
+        self.byte_offset,
+        self.byte_length,
+      )
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+impl AsRef<[u8]> for ZeroCopyBuf {
+  fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8] {
+    &*self
+  }
+}
+
+impl AsMut<[u8]> for ZeroCopyBuf {
+  fn as_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
+    &mut *self
+  }
+}
+
+unsafe fn get_backing_store_slice(
+  backing_store: &v8::SharedRef<v8::BackingStore>,
+  byte_offset: usize,
+  byte_length: usize,
+) -> &[u8] {
+  let cells: *const [Cell<u8>] =
+    &backing_store[byte_offset..byte_offset + byte_length];
+  let bytes = cells as *const [u8];
+  &*bytes
+}
+
+#[allow(clippy::mut_from_ref)]
+unsafe fn get_backing_store_slice_mut(
+  backing_store: &v8::SharedRef<v8::BackingStore>,
+  byte_offset: usize,
+  byte_length: usize,
+) -> &mut [u8] {
+  let cells: *const [Cell<u8>] =
+    &backing_store[byte_offset..byte_offset + byte_length];
+  let bytes = cells as *const _ as *mut [u8];
+  &mut *bytes
+}
diff --git a/serde_v8/src/payload.rs b/serde_v8/src/payload.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..816158f93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/serde_v8/src/payload.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2021 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+use rusty_v8 as v8;
+
+// TODO: maybe add a Payload type that holds scope & v8::Value
+// so it can implement Deserialize by itself
+
+// Classifies v8::Values into sub-types
+pub enum ValueType {
+  Null,
+  Bool,
+  Number,
+  String,
+  Array,
+  Object,
+}
+
+impl ValueType {
+  pub fn from_v8(v: v8::Local<v8::Value>) -> ValueType {
+    if v.is_boolean() {
+      return Self::Bool;
+    } else if v.is_number() {
+      return Self::Number;
+    } else if v.is_string() {
+      return Self::String;
+    } else if v.is_array() {
+      return Self::Array;
+    } else if v.is_object() {
+      return Self::Object;
+    } else if v.is_null_or_undefined() {
+      return Self::Null;
+    }
+    panic!("serde_v8: unknown ValueType for v8::Value")
+  }
+}
diff --git a/serde_v8/src/ser.rs b/serde_v8/src/ser.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2a57d62e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/serde_v8/src/ser.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,648 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2021 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+use rusty_v8 as v8;
+use serde::ser;
+use serde::ser::Serialize;
+
+use std::cell::RefCell;
+use std::convert::TryInto;
+
+use crate::error::{Error, Result};
+use crate::keys::v8_struct_key;
+use crate::magic;
+
+type JsValue<'s> = v8::Local<'s, v8::Value>;
+type JsResult<'s> = Result<JsValue<'s>>;
+
+type ScopePtr<'a, 'b, 'c> = &'c RefCell<&'b mut v8::HandleScope<'a>>;
+
+pub fn to_v8<'a, T>(scope: &mut v8::HandleScope<'a>, input: T) -> JsResult<'a>
+where
+  T: Serialize,
+{
+  let scopeptr = RefCell::new(scope);
+  let serializer = Serializer::new(&scopeptr);
+
+  input.serialize(serializer)
+}
+
+/// Wraps other serializers into an enum tagged variant form.
+/// Uses {"Variant": ...payload...} for compatibility with serde-json.
+pub struct VariantSerializer<'a, 'b, 'c, S> {
+  inner: S,
+  scope: ScopePtr<'a, 'b, 'c>,
+  variant: &'static str,
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b, 'c, S> VariantSerializer<'a, 'b, 'c, S> {
+  pub fn new(
+    scope: ScopePtr<'a, 'b, 'c>,
+    variant: &'static str,
+    inner: S,
+  ) -> Self {
+    Self {
+      inner,
+      scope,
+      variant,
+    }
+  }
+
+  fn end(self, inner: impl FnOnce(S) -> JsResult<'a>) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    let value = inner(self.inner)?;
+    let scope = &mut *self.scope.borrow_mut();
+    let null = v8::null(scope).into();
+    let key = v8_struct_key(scope, self.variant).into();
+    let obj =
+      v8::Object::with_prototype_and_properties(scope, null, &[key], &[value]);
+    Ok(obj.into())
+  }
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b, 'c, S> ser::SerializeTupleVariant
+  for VariantSerializer<'a, 'b, 'c, S>
+where
+  S: ser::SerializeTupleStruct<Ok = JsValue<'a>, Error = Error>,
+{
+  type Ok = JsValue<'a>;
+  type Error = Error;
+
+  fn serialize_field<T: ?Sized + Serialize>(
+    &mut self,
+    value: &T,
+  ) -> Result<()> {
+    self.inner.serialize_field(value)
+  }
+
+  fn end(self) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    self.end(S::end)
+  }
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b, 'c, S> ser::SerializeStructVariant
+  for VariantSerializer<'a, 'b, 'c, S>
+where
+  S: ser::SerializeStruct<Ok = JsValue<'a>, Error = Error>,
+{
+  type Ok = JsValue<'a>;
+  type Error = Error;
+
+  fn serialize_field<T: ?Sized + Serialize>(
+    &mut self,
+    key: &'static str,
+    value: &T,
+  ) -> Result<()> {
+    self.inner.serialize_field(key, value)
+  }
+
+  fn end(self) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    self.end(S::end)
+  }
+}
+
+pub struct ArraySerializer<'a, 'b, 'c> {
+  pending: Vec<JsValue<'a>>,
+  scope: ScopePtr<'a, 'b, 'c>,
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b, 'c> ArraySerializer<'a, 'b, 'c> {
+  pub fn new(scope: ScopePtr<'a, 'b, 'c>, len: Option<usize>) -> Self {
+    let pending = match len {
+      Some(len) => Vec::with_capacity(len),
+      None => vec![],
+    };
+    Self { pending, scope }
+  }
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b, 'c> ser::SerializeSeq for ArraySerializer<'a, 'b, 'c> {
+  type Ok = JsValue<'a>;
+  type Error = Error;
+
+  fn serialize_element<T: ?Sized + Serialize>(
+    &mut self,
+    value: &T,
+  ) -> Result<()> {
+    let x = value.serialize(Serializer::new(self.scope))?;
+    self.pending.push(x);
+    Ok(())
+  }
+
+  fn end(self) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    let elements = self.pending.iter().as_slice();
+    let scope = &mut *self.scope.borrow_mut();
+    let arr = v8::Array::new_with_elements(scope, elements);
+    Ok(arr.into())
+  }
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b, 'c> ser::SerializeTuple for ArraySerializer<'a, 'b, 'c> {
+  type Ok = JsValue<'a>;
+  type Error = Error;
+
+  fn serialize_element<T: ?Sized + Serialize>(
+    &mut self,
+    value: &T,
+  ) -> Result<()> {
+    ser::SerializeSeq::serialize_element(self, value)
+  }
+
+  fn end(self) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    ser::SerializeSeq::end(self)
+  }
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b, 'c> ser::SerializeTupleStruct for ArraySerializer<'a, 'b, 'c> {
+  type Ok = JsValue<'a>;
+  type Error = Error;
+
+  fn serialize_field<T: ?Sized + Serialize>(
+    &mut self,
+    value: &T,
+  ) -> Result<()> {
+    ser::SerializeTuple::serialize_element(self, value)
+  }
+
+  fn end(self) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    ser::SerializeTuple::end(self)
+  }
+}
+
+pub struct ObjectSerializer<'a, 'b, 'c> {
+  scope: ScopePtr<'a, 'b, 'c>,
+  keys: Vec<v8::Local<'a, v8::Name>>,
+  values: Vec<JsValue<'a>>,
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b, 'c> ObjectSerializer<'a, 'b, 'c> {
+  pub fn new(scope: ScopePtr<'a, 'b, 'c>, len: usize) -> Self {
+    let keys = Vec::with_capacity(len);
+    let values = Vec::with_capacity(len);
+    Self {
+      scope,
+      keys,
+      values,
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b, 'c> ser::SerializeStruct for ObjectSerializer<'a, 'b, 'c> {
+  type Ok = JsValue<'a>;
+  type Error = Error;
+
+  fn serialize_field<T: ?Sized + Serialize>(
+    &mut self,
+    key: &'static str,
+    value: &T,
+  ) -> Result<()> {
+    let value = value.serialize(Serializer::new(self.scope))?;
+    let scope = &mut *self.scope.borrow_mut();
+    let key = v8_struct_key(scope, key).into();
+    self.keys.push(key);
+    self.values.push(value);
+    Ok(())
+  }
+
+  fn end(self) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    let scope = &mut *self.scope.borrow_mut();
+    let null = v8::null(scope);
+    let obj = v8::Object::with_prototype_and_properties(
+      scope,
+      null.into(),
+      &self.keys[..],
+      &self.values[..],
+    );
+    Ok(obj.into())
+  }
+}
+
+pub struct MagicSerializer<'a> {
+  v8_value: Option<v8::Local<'a, v8::Value>>,
+}
+
+impl<'a> ser::SerializeStruct for MagicSerializer<'a> {
+  type Ok = JsValue<'a>;
+  type Error = Error;
+
+  fn serialize_field<T: ?Sized + Serialize>(
+    &mut self,
+    key: &'static str,
+    value: &T,
+  ) -> Result<()> {
+    if key != magic::FIELD {
+      unreachable!();
+    }
+    let transmuted: u64 = value.serialize(magic::FieldSerializer {})?;
+    let mv: magic::Value<'a> = unsafe { std::mem::transmute(transmuted) };
+    self.v8_value = Some(mv.v8_value);
+    Ok(())
+  }
+
+  fn end(self) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    Ok(self.v8_value.unwrap())
+  }
+}
+
+// TODO(@AaronO): refactor this and streamline how we transmute values
+pub struct MagicBufferSerializer<'a, 'b, 'c> {
+  scope: ScopePtr<'a, 'b, 'c>,
+  f1: u64,
+  f2: u64,
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b, 'c> MagicBufferSerializer<'a, 'b, 'c> {
+  pub fn new(scope: ScopePtr<'a, 'b, 'c>) -> Self {
+    Self {
+      scope,
+      f1: 0,
+      f2: 0,
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b, 'c> ser::SerializeStruct for MagicBufferSerializer<'a, 'b, 'c> {
+  type Ok = JsValue<'a>;
+  type Error = Error;
+
+  fn serialize_field<T: ?Sized + Serialize>(
+    &mut self,
+    key: &'static str,
+    value: &T,
+  ) -> Result<()> {
+    // Get u64 chunk
+    let transmuted: u64 = value.serialize(magic::FieldSerializer {})?;
+    match key {
+      magic::buffer::BUF_FIELD_1 => self.f1 = transmuted,
+      magic::buffer::BUF_FIELD_2 => self.f2 = transmuted,
+      _ => unreachable!(),
+    }
+    Ok(())
+  }
+
+  fn end(self) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    let x: [usize; 2] = [self.f1 as usize, self.f2 as usize];
+    let buf: Box<[u8]> = unsafe { std::mem::transmute(x) };
+    let scope = &mut *self.scope.borrow_mut();
+    let v8_value = boxed_slice_to_uint8array(scope, buf);
+    Ok(v8_value.into())
+  }
+}
+
+pub struct MagicByteStringSerializer<'a, 'b, 'c> {
+  scope: ScopePtr<'a, 'b, 'c>,
+  ptr: Option<std::ptr::NonNull<u8>>,
+  len: Option<usize>,
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b, 'c> MagicByteStringSerializer<'a, 'b, 'c> {
+  pub fn new(scope: ScopePtr<'a, 'b, 'c>) -> Self {
+    Self {
+      scope,
+      ptr: None,
+      len: None,
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b, 'c> ser::SerializeStruct
+  for MagicByteStringSerializer<'a, 'b, 'c>
+{
+  type Ok = JsValue<'a>;
+  type Error = Error;
+
+  fn serialize_field<T: ?Sized + Serialize>(
+    &mut self,
+    key: &'static str,
+    value: &T,
+  ) -> Result<()> {
+    // Get u64 chunk
+    let transmuted: u64 = value.serialize(magic::FieldSerializer {})?;
+    match key {
+      magic::bytestring::FIELD_PTR => {
+        self.ptr = std::ptr::NonNull::new(transmuted as *mut u8);
+      }
+      magic::bytestring::FIELD_LEN => {
+        self.len = Some(transmuted as usize);
+      }
+      _ => unreachable!(),
+    }
+    Ok(())
+  }
+
+  fn end(self) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    // SAFETY: This function is only called from ByteString::serialize(), which
+    // guarantees the Vec is still alive.
+    let bytes = unsafe {
+      std::slice::from_raw_parts(self.ptr.unwrap().as_ptr(), self.len.unwrap())
+    };
+    let scope = &mut *self.scope.borrow_mut();
+    let v8_value =
+      v8::String::new_from_one_byte(scope, bytes, v8::NewStringType::Normal)
+        .unwrap();
+    Ok(v8_value.into())
+  }
+}
+
+// Dispatches between magic and regular struct serializers
+pub enum StructSerializers<'a, 'b, 'c> {
+  Magic(MagicSerializer<'a>),
+  MagicBuffer(MagicBufferSerializer<'a, 'b, 'c>),
+  MagicByteString(MagicByteStringSerializer<'a, 'b, 'c>),
+  Regular(ObjectSerializer<'a, 'b, 'c>),
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b, 'c> ser::SerializeStruct for StructSerializers<'a, 'b, 'c> {
+  type Ok = JsValue<'a>;
+  type Error = Error;
+
+  fn serialize_field<T: ?Sized + Serialize>(
+    &mut self,
+    key: &'static str,
+    value: &T,
+  ) -> Result<()> {
+    match self {
+      StructSerializers::Magic(s) => s.serialize_field(key, value),
+      StructSerializers::MagicBuffer(s) => s.serialize_field(key, value),
+      StructSerializers::MagicByteString(s) => s.serialize_field(key, value),
+      StructSerializers::Regular(s) => s.serialize_field(key, value),
+    }
+  }
+
+  fn end(self) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    match self {
+      StructSerializers::Magic(s) => s.end(),
+      StructSerializers::MagicBuffer(s) => s.end(),
+      StructSerializers::MagicByteString(s) => s.end(),
+      StructSerializers::Regular(s) => s.end(),
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// Serializes to JS Objects, NOT JS Maps ...
+pub struct MapSerializer<'a, 'b, 'c> {
+  scope: ScopePtr<'a, 'b, 'c>,
+  keys: Vec<v8::Local<'a, v8::Name>>,
+  values: Vec<JsValue<'a>>,
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b, 'c> MapSerializer<'a, 'b, 'c> {
+  pub fn new(scope: ScopePtr<'a, 'b, 'c>, len: Option<usize>) -> Self {
+    let keys = Vec::with_capacity(len.unwrap_or_default());
+    let values = Vec::with_capacity(len.unwrap_or_default());
+    Self {
+      scope,
+      keys,
+      values,
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b, 'c> ser::SerializeMap for MapSerializer<'a, 'b, 'c> {
+  type Ok = JsValue<'a>;
+  type Error = Error;
+
+  fn serialize_key<T: ?Sized + Serialize>(&mut self, key: &T) -> Result<()> {
+    let key = key.serialize(Serializer::new(self.scope))?;
+    self.keys.push(key.try_into().map_err(|_| {
+      Error::Message("Serialized Maps expect String keys".into())
+    })?);
+    Ok(())
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_value<T: ?Sized + Serialize>(
+    &mut self,
+    value: &T,
+  ) -> Result<()> {
+    let v8_value = value.serialize(Serializer::new(self.scope))?;
+    self.values.push(v8_value);
+    Ok(())
+  }
+
+  fn end(self) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    debug_assert!(self.keys.len() == self.values.len());
+    let scope = &mut *self.scope.borrow_mut();
+    let null = v8::null(scope).into();
+    let obj = v8::Object::with_prototype_and_properties(
+      scope,
+      null,
+      &self.keys[..],
+      &self.values[..],
+    );
+    Ok(obj.into())
+  }
+}
+
+pub struct Serializer<'a, 'b, 'c> {
+  scope: ScopePtr<'a, 'b, 'c>,
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b, 'c> Serializer<'a, 'b, 'c> {
+  pub fn new(scope: ScopePtr<'a, 'b, 'c>) -> Self {
+    Serializer { scope }
+  }
+}
+
+macro_rules! forward_to {
+    ($($name:ident($ty:ty, $to:ident, $lt:lifetime);)*) => {
+        $(fn $name(self, v: $ty) -> JsResult<$lt> {
+            self.$to(v as _)
+        })*
+    };
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b, 'c> ser::Serializer for Serializer<'a, 'b, 'c> {
+  type Ok = v8::Local<'a, v8::Value>;
+  type Error = Error;
+
+  type SerializeSeq = ArraySerializer<'a, 'b, 'c>;
+  type SerializeTuple = ArraySerializer<'a, 'b, 'c>;
+  type SerializeTupleStruct = ArraySerializer<'a, 'b, 'c>;
+  type SerializeTupleVariant =
+    VariantSerializer<'a, 'b, 'c, ArraySerializer<'a, 'b, 'c>>;
+  type SerializeMap = MapSerializer<'a, 'b, 'c>;
+  type SerializeStruct = StructSerializers<'a, 'b, 'c>;
+  type SerializeStructVariant =
+    VariantSerializer<'a, 'b, 'c, StructSerializers<'a, 'b, 'c>>;
+
+  forward_to! {
+      serialize_i8(i8, serialize_i32, 'a);
+      serialize_i16(i16, serialize_i32, 'a);
+
+      serialize_u8(u8, serialize_u32, 'a);
+      serialize_u16(u16, serialize_u32, 'a);
+
+      serialize_f32(f32, serialize_f64, 'a);
+      serialize_u64(u64, serialize_f64, 'a);
+      serialize_i64(i64, serialize_f64, 'a);
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_i32(self, v: i32) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    Ok(v8::Integer::new(&mut self.scope.borrow_mut(), v).into())
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_u32(self, v: u32) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    Ok(v8::Integer::new_from_unsigned(&mut self.scope.borrow_mut(), v).into())
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_f64(self, v: f64) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    Ok(v8::Number::new(&mut self.scope.borrow_mut(), v).into())
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_bool(self, v: bool) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    Ok(v8::Boolean::new(&mut self.scope.borrow_mut(), v).into())
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_char(self, _v: char) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    unimplemented!();
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_str(self, v: &str) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    v8::String::new(&mut self.scope.borrow_mut(), v)
+      .map(|v| v.into())
+      .ok_or(Error::ExpectedString)
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_bytes(self, _v: &[u8]) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    // TODO: investigate using Uint8Arrays
+    unimplemented!()
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_none(self) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    Ok(v8::null(&mut self.scope.borrow_mut()).into())
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_some<T: ?Sized + Serialize>(self, value: &T) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    value.serialize(self)
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_unit(self) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    Ok(v8::null(&mut self.scope.borrow_mut()).into())
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_unit_struct(self, _name: &'static str) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    Ok(v8::null(&mut self.scope.borrow_mut()).into())
+  }
+
+  /// For compatibility with serde-json, serialises unit variants as "Variant" strings.
+  fn serialize_unit_variant(
+    self,
+    _name: &'static str,
+    _variant_index: u32,
+    variant: &'static str,
+  ) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    Ok(v8_struct_key(&mut self.scope.borrow_mut(), variant).into())
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_newtype_struct<T: ?Sized + Serialize>(
+    self,
+    _name: &'static str,
+    value: &T,
+  ) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    value.serialize(self)
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_newtype_variant<T: ?Sized + Serialize>(
+    self,
+    _name: &'static str,
+    _variant_index: u32,
+    variant: &'static str,
+    value: &T,
+  ) -> JsResult<'a> {
+    let scope = self.scope;
+    let x = self.serialize_newtype_struct(variant, value)?;
+    VariantSerializer::new(scope, variant, x).end(Ok)
+  }
+
+  /// Serialises any Rust iterable into a JS Array
+  fn serialize_seq(self, len: Option<usize>) -> Result<Self::SerializeSeq> {
+    Ok(ArraySerializer::new(self.scope, len))
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_tuple(self, len: usize) -> Result<Self::SerializeTuple> {
+    self.serialize_seq(Some(len))
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_tuple_struct(
+    self,
+    _name: &'static str,
+    len: usize,
+  ) -> Result<Self::SerializeTupleStruct> {
+    self.serialize_tuple(len)
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_tuple_variant(
+    self,
+    _name: &'static str,
+    _variant_index: u32,
+    variant: &'static str,
+    len: usize,
+  ) -> Result<Self::SerializeTupleVariant> {
+    Ok(VariantSerializer::new(
+      self.scope,
+      variant,
+      self.serialize_tuple_struct(variant, len)?,
+    ))
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_map(self, len: Option<usize>) -> Result<Self::SerializeMap> {
+    // Serializes a rust Map (e.g: BTreeMap, HashMap) to a v8 Object
+    // TODO: consider allowing serializing to v8 Maps (e.g: via a magic type)
+    // since they're lighter and better suited for K/V data
+    // and maybe restrict keys (e.g: strings and numbers)
+    Ok(MapSerializer::new(self.scope, len))
+  }
+
+  /// Serialises Rust typed structs into plain JS objects.
+  fn serialize_struct(
+    self,
+    name: &'static str,
+    len: usize,
+  ) -> Result<Self::SerializeStruct> {
+    match name {
+      magic::NAME => {
+        let m: MagicSerializer<'a> = MagicSerializer { v8_value: None };
+        Ok(StructSerializers::Magic(m))
+      }
+      magic::buffer::BUF_NAME => {
+        let m = MagicBufferSerializer::new(self.scope);
+        Ok(StructSerializers::MagicBuffer(m))
+      }
+      magic::bytestring::NAME => {
+        let m = MagicByteStringSerializer::new(self.scope);
+        Ok(StructSerializers::MagicByteString(m))
+      }
+      _ => {
+        let o = ObjectSerializer::new(self.scope, len);
+        Ok(StructSerializers::Regular(o))
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  fn serialize_struct_variant(
+    self,
+    _name: &'static str,
+    _variant_index: u32,
+    variant: &'static str,
+    len: usize,
+  ) -> Result<Self::SerializeStructVariant> {
+    let scope = self.scope;
+    let x = self.serialize_struct(variant, len)?;
+    Ok(VariantSerializer::new(scope, variant, x))
+  }
+}
+
+// Used to map MagicBuffers to v8
+pub fn boxed_slice_to_uint8array<'a>(
+  scope: &mut v8::HandleScope<'a>,
+  buf: Box<[u8]>,
+) -> v8::Local<'a, v8::Uint8Array> {
+  if buf.is_empty() {
+    let ab = v8::ArrayBuffer::new(scope, 0);
+    return v8::Uint8Array::new(scope, ab, 0, 0)
+      .expect("Failed to create UintArray8");
+  }
+  let buf_len = buf.len();
+  let backing_store = v8::ArrayBuffer::new_backing_store_from_boxed_slice(buf);
+  let backing_store_shared = backing_store.make_shared();
+  let ab = v8::ArrayBuffer::with_backing_store(scope, &backing_store_shared);
+  v8::Uint8Array::new(scope, ab, 0, buf_len)
+    .expect("Failed to create UintArray8")
+}
diff --git a/serde_v8/src/serializable.rs b/serde_v8/src/serializable.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9182b636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/serde_v8/src/serializable.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2021 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+use rusty_v8 as v8;
+use std::any::TypeId;
+use std::mem::transmute_copy;
+
+/// Serializable exists to allow boxing values as "objects" to be serialized later,
+/// this is particularly useful for async op-responses. This trait is a more efficient
+/// replacement for erased-serde that makes less allocations, since it's specific to serde_v8
+/// (and thus doesn't have to have generic outputs, etc...)
+pub trait Serializable {
+  fn to_v8<'a>(
+    &self,
+    scope: &mut v8::HandleScope<'a>,
+  ) -> Result<v8::Local<'a, v8::Value>, crate::Error>;
+}
+
+/// Allows all implementors of `serde::Serialize` to implement Serializable
+impl<T: serde::Serialize> Serializable for T {
+  fn to_v8<'a>(
+    &self,
+    scope: &mut v8::HandleScope<'a>,
+  ) -> Result<v8::Local<'a, v8::Value>, crate::Error> {
+    crate::to_v8(scope, self)
+  }
+}
+
+/// SerializablePkg exists to provide a fast path for op returns,
+/// allowing them to avoid boxing primtives (ints/floats/bool/unit/...)
+pub enum SerializablePkg {
+  Primitive(Primitive),
+  Serializable(Box<dyn Serializable>),
+}
+
+impl SerializablePkg {
+  pub fn to_v8<'a>(
+    &self,
+    scope: &mut v8::HandleScope<'a>,
+  ) -> Result<v8::Local<'a, v8::Value>, crate::Error> {
+    match &*self {
+      Self::Primitive(x) => crate::to_v8(scope, x),
+      Self::Serializable(x) => x.to_v8(scope),
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/// Primitive serves as a lightweight serializable wrapper around primitives
+/// so that we can use them for async values
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+pub enum Primitive {
+  Unit,
+  Bool(bool),
+  Int8(i8),
+  Int16(i16),
+  Int32(i32),
+  Int64(i64),
+  UInt8(u8),
+  UInt16(u16),
+  UInt32(u32),
+  UInt64(u64),
+  Float32(f32),
+  Float64(f64),
+}
+
+impl serde::Serialize for Primitive {
+  fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+  where
+    S: serde::Serializer,
+  {
+    match *self {
+      Self::Unit => serializer.serialize_unit(),
+      Self::Bool(x) => serializer.serialize_bool(x),
+      Self::Int8(x) => serializer.serialize_i8(x),
+      Self::Int16(x) => serializer.serialize_i16(x),
+      Self::Int32(x) => serializer.serialize_i32(x),
+      Self::Int64(x) => serializer.serialize_i64(x),
+      Self::UInt8(x) => serializer.serialize_u8(x),
+      Self::UInt16(x) => serializer.serialize_u16(x),
+      Self::UInt32(x) => serializer.serialize_u32(x),
+      Self::UInt64(x) => serializer.serialize_u64(x),
+      Self::Float32(x) => serializer.serialize_f32(x),
+      Self::Float64(x) => serializer.serialize_f64(x),
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+impl<T: serde::Serialize + 'static> From<T> for SerializablePkg {
+  fn from(x: T) -> Self {
+    let tid = TypeId::of::<T>();
+
+    if tid == TypeId::of::<()>() {
+      Self::Primitive(Primitive::Unit)
+    } else if tid == TypeId::of::<bool>() {
+      Self::Primitive(Primitive::Bool(unsafe { transmute_copy(&x) }))
+    } else if tid == TypeId::of::<i8>() {
+      Self::Primitive(Primitive::Int8(unsafe { transmute_copy(&x) }))
+    } else if tid == TypeId::of::<i16>() {
+      Self::Primitive(Primitive::Int16(unsafe { transmute_copy(&x) }))
+    } else if tid == TypeId::of::<i32>() {
+      Self::Primitive(Primitive::Int32(unsafe { transmute_copy(&x) }))
+    } else if tid == TypeId::of::<i64>() {
+      Self::Primitive(Primitive::Int64(unsafe { transmute_copy(&x) }))
+    } else if tid == TypeId::of::<u8>() {
+      Self::Primitive(Primitive::UInt8(unsafe { transmute_copy(&x) }))
+    } else if tid == TypeId::of::<u16>() {
+      Self::Primitive(Primitive::UInt16(unsafe { transmute_copy(&x) }))
+    } else if tid == TypeId::of::<u32>() {
+      Self::Primitive(Primitive::UInt32(unsafe { transmute_copy(&x) }))
+    } else if tid == TypeId::of::<u64>() {
+      Self::Primitive(Primitive::UInt64(unsafe { transmute_copy(&x) }))
+    } else if tid == TypeId::of::<f32>() {
+      Self::Primitive(Primitive::Float32(unsafe { transmute_copy(&x) }))
+    } else if tid == TypeId::of::<f64>() {
+      Self::Primitive(Primitive::Float64(unsafe { transmute_copy(&x) }))
+    } else {
+      Self::Serializable(Box::new(x))
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/serde_v8/src/utils.rs b/serde_v8/src/utils.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f638f7b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/serde_v8/src/utils.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2021 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+use rusty_v8 as v8;
+use std::sync::Once;
+
+pub fn js_exec<'s>(
+  scope: &mut v8::HandleScope<'s>,
+  src: &str,
+) -> v8::Local<'s, v8::Value> {
+  let code = v8::String::new(scope, src).unwrap();
+  let script = v8::Script::compile(scope, code, None).unwrap();
+  script.run(scope).unwrap()
+}
+
+pub fn v8_init() {
+  let platform = v8::new_default_platform(0, false).make_shared();
+  v8::V8::initialize_platform(platform);
+  v8::V8::initialize();
+}
+
+pub fn v8_shutdown() {
+  unsafe {
+    v8::V8::dispose();
+  }
+  v8::V8::shutdown_platform();
+}
+
+pub fn v8_do(f: impl FnOnce()) {
+  static V8_INIT: Once = Once::new();
+  V8_INIT.call_once(|| {
+    v8_init();
+  });
+  f();
+  // v8_shutdown();
+}