Re: [Boost-users] [serialization][any]Do we haveserializationsupport for boost::any?

Vladimir Prus wrote:

But failing that, what about adding the following macros:

I_WANT_TO_USE_TYPEID_WHEN_SERIALIZING_DERIVED_CLASSES_OF(any_base)

or

USE_THE_FOLLOWING_FUNCTOR_TO_GET_GUI_FOR_CLASSES_DERIVED_FROM(any_base, serialization::typeid_guid_maker)

? At least that would make boost::any serializable.

I don't think it will make it DEserializable, though. You still need to map the string to a type when loading, which requires that you have previously registered the type. A boost::any is equivalent to a pointer to an abstract class from serialization point of view.