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+if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['node-ext'] = {
+    version   = 1.001,
+    comment   = "companion to node-ini.mkiv",
+    author    = "Hans Hagen, PRAGMA-ADE, Hasselt NL",
+    copyright = "PRAGMA ADE / ConTeXt Development Team",
+    license   = "see context related readme files"
+}
+
+--[[ldx--
+<p>Serializing nodes can be handy for tracing. Also, saving and
+loading node lists can come in handy as soon we are going to
+use external applications to process node lists.</p>
+--ldx]]--
+
+function nodes.show(stack)
+--  logs.writer(table.serialize(stack))
+end
+
+function nodes.save(stack,name) -- *.ltn : luatex node file
+--  if name then
+--      file.savedata(name,table.serialize(stack))
+--  else
+--      logs.writer(table.serialize(stack))
+--  end
+end
+
+function nodes.load(name)
+--  return file.loaddata(name)
+--  -- todo
+end