The documentation of 1.33 does describe issues related to header ordering. Header order restrictions have been eliminated in 1.34. Robert Ramey Jeffrey Brent McBeth wrote: On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 08:11:57AM -0800, Robert Ramey wrote:
I see nothing wrong with your example.
I compiled your code with no problems or messages of any kind on the following compilers: VC 7.1, Borland 5.51 Borland 5.64, Commeau, gcc 3.3
I am using the Boost Head branch. But that shouldn't make a difference.
Wow, okay. I'm doing something seriously wrong then. I tried the same code on my VC7.1 today and got the same error about incomplete types as on my Mac and Linux boxen. I have one more Linux box with a compiler I can try it on (it is a different distribution) demo.cpp compiles and appears to work fine. And, in fact if I add a std::string to it, it continues to work fine. Hmmm... Ahhh, I haven't seen that in a while. If I switch the archive includes with the serialization includes, it compiles. So, #include <boost/archive/text_oarchive.hpp> #include <boost/archive/text_iarchive.hpp> #include <boost/serialization/string.hpp> Rather than #include <boost/serialization/string.hpp> #include <boost/archive/text_oarchive.hpp> #include <boost/archive/text_iarchive.hpp> which does not compile. That is going to be a pain. Thanks all for your patience. Is this header ordering documented, did I hit a weird compiler bug on my systems, or am I smoking rope? Jeff.cgi/boost-users