Hi Robert You're right. I definitively recommend the use of 'boost/cstdint.h' stuff to store/load integers (16/32 signed or not). I use it on both 32 and 64 bits Linux boxes. As far as I know, it gives fully portable archives. regards frc --

I guess this covers it? http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_38_0/libs/serialization/doc/special.html#num...

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Robert Dailey wrote:

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If I choose to serialize a variable with type "int", is this portable? For example, if I stream out this value on a 64-bit system, and then load it in on a 32-bit system, will this result in a buffer-overrun or anything else weird? I read the serialization docs but didn't see this topic in there. Sorry if I missed it.

Help is appreciated. Thank you.

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