Re: [Boost-users] [serialization]

troy d. straszheim wrote:

void load(double & t) { if(is.fail()) boost::throw_exception(archive_exception(archive_exception::stream_error)); char c = is.peek(); while (c == ' ' || c == '\t' || c == '\n') // munch leading whitespace { is.get(); c = is.peek(); } if (c == 'n') // nan { t = NAN; // you can get one of those with 0.0/0.0, robert... if (is.get() != 'n' || is.get() != 'a' || is.get() != 'n') boost::throw_exception(archive_exception(archive_exception::stream_error)); return; if (c == 'i') // positive inf { //etc, etc

note that text streams automatically skip white space, so this could be shortened considerably. Robert Ramey