Re: [Boost-users] [Serialization] load_binary/save_binary purpose

This function does exactly what it says. It appends/retrieves raw data to/from the archive. This can be used for various purpose. Here are some examples. a) binary_archive implements the serialization of primitive types through this interface. b) suppose you retrieved some binary data from source - like an image in a format you don't care about - and wanted to store it in archive to be retrieved later. You could load/save binary to do this. Robert Ramey