[Boost-users] Re: Serialization and shared_ptr

Sorry this isn't clear from the documentation. At the end of the file shared_ptr.hpp you'll find special macros to handle this: #define BOOST_SHARED_POINTER_EXPORT_GUID(T, K) ... #define BOOST_SHARED_POINTER_EXPORT(T) .. Using these should do the job for you. Robert Ramey Jarl Lindrud wrote:

Hi! A question on serializing pointers to derived classes:

When I serialize naked polymorphic pointers through base pointers, things work as expected, ie the derived classes are serailized and deserialized. However, when I replace the naked pointers with corresponding boost::shared_ptr's, I get an archive_exception, to the tune of "unregistered class".