Is it better to use bincode or postcard?

[jbe]

From what I wrote in another thread:

@jbe

[Bincode] seems pretty similar to Postcard, just differently flavored. What I liked about Postcard is the simple specification. Bincode, in contrast has different ways/variants to encode integers. If I understand it right, then the only real difference between Postcard and bincode is how numbers are encoded:

• Postcard uses LEB128 (always little-endian) with ZigZag encoding for signed integers
• bincode must/can be configured in regard to endianess (big, little, native endianess) and whether integers are stored
  • with bincode's VarintEncoding
  • or as fixed width integers

I personally would prefer Postcard currently, but I didn't work much with either yet.