[Boost-users] errors serializing pointers on Fedora Core 5

The following tiny program generates two compiler errors on FC 5 (which comes with g++ 4.1.1 and boost 1.33.1): #include <iostream> #include <fstream> #include <string> #include #include #include using namespace std; using namespace boost; int main(int argc, char **argv) { string * pFoo = new string("foo"); ofstream ofs("strfile"); { archive::text_oarchive oa(ofs); oa << pFoo; } } Error No. 1: /usr/include/boost/archive/detail/oserializer.hpp:567: error: invalid application of -1òøsizeofòù to incomplete type òøboost::STATIC_ASSERTION_FAILURE<false> Error No. 2: /usr/include/boost/serialization/access.hpp:109: error: -1òøstruct std::basic_string

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Error No. 1 can be fixed by making pFoo a const pointer type, i.e., by changing the declaration/assignment statement to be string *const pFoo = new string("foo"); I cannot figure out why such a change is necessary, as the serialization library documentation does not indicate that it is necessary to make pointers const in order to serialize them (as is borne out by the demo.cpp code). Also, I cannot figure out how to fix Error No. 2. Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks, Dan.