diff --git a/data/core/common.lua b/data/core/common.lua
index 272f0d5d..a887c307 100644
--- a/data/core/common.lua
+++ b/data/core/common.lua
@@ -378,12 +378,15 @@ function common.bench(name, fn, ...)
   return res
 end
 
+-- From gvx/Ser
+local oddvals = {[tostring(1/0)] = "1/0", [tostring(-1/0)] = "-1/0", [tostring(-(0/0))] = "-(0/0)", [tostring(0/0)] = "0/0"}
 
 local function serialize(val, pretty, indent_str, escape, sort, limit, level)
   local space = pretty and " " or ""
   local indent = pretty and string.rep(indent_str, level) or ""
   local newline = pretty and "\n" or ""
-  if type(val) == "string" then
+  local ty = type(val)
+  if ty == "string" then
     local out = string.format("%q", val)
     if escape then
       out = string.gsub(out, "\\\n", "\\n")
@@ -395,7 +398,7 @@ local function serialize(val, pretty, indent_str, escape, sort, limit, level)
       out = string.gsub(out, "\\13", "\\r")
     end
     return out
-  elseif type(val) == "table" then
+  elseif ty == "table" then
     -- early exit
     if level >= limit then return tostring(val) end
     local next_indent = pretty and (indent .. indent_str) or ""
@@ -410,6 +413,12 @@ local function serialize(val, pretty, indent_str, escape, sort, limit, level)
     if sort then table.sort(t) end
     return "{" .. newline .. table.concat(t, "," .. newline) .. newline .. indent .. "}"
   end
+  if ty == "number" then
+    -- tostring is locale-dependent, so we need to replace an eventual `,` with `.`
+    local res, _ = tostring(val):gsub(",", ".")
+    -- handle inf/nan
+    return oddvals[res] or res
+  end
   return tostring(val)
 end