Re: [Boost-users] [serialization] serialization of pointers toprimitive types?

17 Sep 2006


      I've been looking at this issue.  It turns out that the connection of 
serialization
of pointers to primitives to tracking was an unintentional side-effect
of the implementation.  When it started to happen I just assumed it
was an intentional decision.  Looking through the code - it doesn't look
trivial to address.  Wouldn't the following modification to your test
program address your concern?

Robert Ramey

#include <boost/archive/text_oarchive.hpp>
#include <sstream>
namespace boost {
namespace serialization {
template<class Archive>
void serialize(
Archive &ar,
int & i,
const unsigned int file_version
){
ar & i;
};
}}
int main()
{
int x=0;
int* const px=&x;
std::ostringstream oss;
boost::archive::text_oarchive oa(oss);
oa<<px;
return 0;
}