-----Original Message----- From: boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Cliff Green Sent: 26 June 2007 23:58 To: boost-users@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [serialisation]Portable Binary Archives
Probably answered before, but I wondered whether there is a standard implementation for portable binary archives available.
I'm not quite sure what you mean by "standard implementation" - there are a number of commonly used portable binary approaches or standards. For example, XDR (IETF standard) has been around for quite a while:
http://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4506.txt
as well as SDXF (not sure how much it is used):
http://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3072.txt
There's CDR, used in CORBA and other libraries or frameworks where interoperability is needed:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Data_Representation
I'm sure there's a gaggle of home-grown approaches (I've written some myself) as well as other industry standard approaches.
If you're talking about portable binary archives for Boost.Serialization, there's been talk, but I'm not sure what the status is - anyone have an implementation? I'd be willing to help / work with someone on it.
That's what I am looking for. We need to get the file sizes down. We could use text (XML is great for debugging but too big for final release), but again that has its overheads. We generally don't use floating point so that may help us. The link I posted does have a portable implementation which I think uses IEEE754. I just wondered if there was an official boost:serilisation version; obviously not!! <snip> James This message (including any attachments) contains confidential and/or proprietary information intended only for the addressee. Any unauthorized disclosure, copying, distribution or reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may constitute a violation of law. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by responding to this e-mail, and delete the message from your system. If you have any questions about this e-mail please notify the sender immediately.