Re: [Boost-users] [serialization] Handling of references into a std::map

Robert Ramey wrote:

This can't work.

load a pointer creates a new pointer with a copy of the original object.

adding the following to your test should make this clear

... std::cout << "ref: " << *m.ref << std::endl; ... std::cout << "ref: " << *m2.ref << std::endl;

Ok, the author will know more than I! For the OP, you can have a map of pointers which will work. -- Sohail Somani http://uint32t.blogspot.com