Is it right to use serialization library in the following environment, ********************** Main1.cpp : Compiled with Gcc stores map in /tmp/z ********************** (1) main1.cpp -------------------- #include <map> #include<string> #include <boost/archive/text_oarchive.hpp> #include <boost/serialization/map.hpp> #include <boost/serialization/string.hpp> int main() { std::ofstream f("/tmp/z"); boost::archive::text_oarchive oar(f); std::map<std::string, std::string> a; ..... //Some data added to this map oar & a; return 0; } ************************** main2.cpp : Compiled with Forte compiler (or say older version of GCC) loads map stored in /tmp/z ******************************* (2) main2.cpp ----------------------------------------------- #include <map> #include<string> #include <boost/archive/text_iarchive.hpp> #include <boost/serialization/map.hpp> int main() { std::ifstream f("/tmp/z"); boost::archive::text_iarchive iar(f); std::map<std::string, std::string> a; iar & a; return 0; } *********************************** Can such use create problems especially with STL and their vendor specific implementations? Thanks, Sameer