I presume you are using VC 7.1 IDE. Make sure that the project properties are set for C++ so that Enable Runtime Info is set to "Yes" Robert Ramey Lucas Meijer wrote:

Hey Robert,

first off, thanks for the work on the serialization library, it looks really good so far.

sorry for not including this info in my original post.

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what compiler are you running?

Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 boost succesfully built using boost.jam

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which version of boost are you running?

1_33_0

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do the tests/examples run on your system?

yes.

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what do the warnings say?

warning C4541: 'dynamic_cast' used on polymorphic type 'boost::archive::detail::basic_oarchive' with /GR-; unpredictable behavior may result

(see full warning below.)

this is compiling the following code:

std::stringstream ss; boost::archive::binary_oarchive oa(ss); //also tried with text_oarchive std::vector<int> myvec; myvec.push_back(12); const std::vector<int>& ref = myvec; //seem to require a reference. oa << ref;

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I would think what you've done below should work.

thanks for the realitycheck,

Lucas

c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33\boost\smart_cast.hpp(76) : warning C4541: 'dynamic_cast' used on polymorphic type 'boost::archive::detail::basic_oarchive' with /GR-; unpredictable behavior may result c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33\boost\smart_cast.hpp(87) : see reference to function template instantiation 'T boost::smart_cast_impl::reference<T>::polymorphic::cross::cast<U>(U &)' being compiled with [ T=boost::archive::binary_oarchive &, U=boost::archive::detail::basic_oarchive ] c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33\boost\smart_cast.hpp(135) : see reference to function template instantiation 'T boost::smart_cast_impl::reference<T>::polymorphic::cast<U>(U &)' being compiled with [ T=boost::archive::binary_oarchive &, U=boost::archive::detail::basic_oarchive ] c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33\boost\smart_cast.hpp(293) : see reference to function template instantiation 'T boost::smart_cast_impl::reference<T>::cast<U>(U &)' being compiled with [ T=boost::archive::binary_oarchive &, U=boost::archive::detail::basic_oarchive ]

c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33\boost\archive\detail\oserializer.hpp(148) : see reference to function template instantiation 'T boost::smart_cast_reference(U &)' being compiled with [ T=boost::archive::binary_oarchive &, Archive=boost::archive::binary_oarchive, U=boost::archive::detail::basic_oarchive ]

c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33\boost\serialization\extended_type_info_typeid.hpp(69)

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while compiling class-template member function 'void boost::archive::detail::oserializer::save_object_data(boost::archive::detail::basic_oarchive &,const void *) const' with [ Archive=boost::archive::binary_oarchive, T=std::vector<int> ]

c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33\boost\archive\detail\oserializer.hpp(263) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::archive::detail::oserializer' being compiled with [ Archive=boost::archive::binary_oarchive, T=std::vector<int> ]

c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33\boost\archive\detail\oserializer.hpp(262) : while compiling class-template member function 'void boost::archive::detail::save_non_pointer_type::save_standard::invoke(Archive &,const std::vector<_Ty> &)' with [ Archive=boost::archive::binary_oarchive, T=std::vector<int>, _Ty=int ]

c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33\boost\archive\detail\oserializer.hpp(272) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::archive::detail::save_non_pointer_type::save_standard' being compiled with [ Archive=boost::archive::binary_oarchive, T=std::vector<int> ]

c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33\boost\archive\detail\oserializer.hpp(270) : while compiling class-template member function 'void boost::archive::detail::save_non_pointer_type::save_conditional::invoke(Archive &,const std::vector<_Ty> &)' with [ Archive=boost::archive::binary_oarchive, T=std::vector<int>, _Ty=int ]

c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33\boost\archive\detail\oserializer.hpp(321) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::archive::detail::save_non_pointer_type::save_conditional' being compiled with [ Archive=boost::archive::binary_oarchive, T=std::vector<int> ]

c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33\boost\archive\detail\oserializer.hpp(309) : while compiling class-template member function 'void boost::archive::detail::save_non_pointer_type::invoke(Archive &,const std::vector<_Ty> &)' with [ Archive=boost::archive::binary_oarchive, T=std::vector<int>, _Ty=int ]

c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33\boost\archive\detail\oserializer.hpp(535) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::archive::detail::save_non_pointer_type' being compiled with [ Archive=boost::archive::binary_oarchive, T=std::vector<int> ]

c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33\boost\archive\basic_binary_oarchive.hpp(70)

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see reference to function template instantiation 'void boost::archive::save(Archive &,T &)' being compiled with [ Archive=boost::archive::binary_oarchive, T=const std::vector<int> ]

c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33\boost\archive\binary_oarchive.hpp(47) : see reference to function template instantiation 'void boost::archive::basic_binary_oarchive<Archive>::save_override<T>(T &,int)' being compiled with [ Archive=boost::archive::binary_oarchive, T=const std::vector<int> ]

c:\Boost\include\boost-1_33\boost\archive\detail\interface_oarchive.hpp(85)

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see reference to function template instantiation 'void boost::archive::binary_oarchive_impl<Archive>::save_override<T>(T &,int)' being compiled with [ Archive=boost::archive::binary_oarchive, T=const std::vector<int> ]

c:\PetProjects\XtraDevelopment\CastmemberPropertyXtra\source\casset.cpp(480)

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see reference to function template instantiation 'Archive &boost::archive::detail::interface_oarchive<Archive>::operator <<>(T &)' being compiled with [ Archive=boost::archive::binary_oarchive, _Ty=int, T=const std::vector<int> ] Linking...

You might try the documentation at boost.org documentation serialization library reference implementation notes specific compiler issues VC 7.1 Robert Ramey Lucas Meijer wrote:

Robert Ramey wrote:

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I presume you are using VC 7.1 IDE. Make sure that the project properties are set for C++ so that Enable Runtime Info is set to "Yes"

!!! You're a star !!!

Spent hours and hours trying to figure out what I was doing wrong. Is there a place for boost newbies like me that collects these sort of problems-likely-to-run-into?

Thanks,

Lucas

Hmmm - something must be out of whack somewhere. I click on the link in your email - http://www.boost.org/libs/serialization/doc/implementation.html and it goes right where I expect it to. I don't know what else to say here. Robert Ramey Lucas Meijer wrote:

Robert Ramey wrote:

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You might try the documentation at boost.org documentation serialization library reference implementation notes specific compiler issues VC 7.1

Hey Robert,

Excuse me if I'm looking with my nose, but following this line I've only found the documentation that I've looked at before posting here:

boost.org documentation serialization library reference

the reference section has no implementation notes as far as I can see.

I did find the page you're referring to just now, by googling for "implementation notes boost serialization", but it seems like it is not being linked to from anywhere? I couldn't find it, nor could google. link:http://www.boost.org/libs/serialization/doc/implementation.html returns no results.

Bye, Lucas

On my browser, the serialization documentation shows up with a navigation panel on the left which expands and contracts the sections. This panel uses javascript so I'm guessing you don't have javascript enabled on your browser. My intention has been that things should be navigable even without javascript being enabled. It looks like this intention hasn't been realized. I'll look into it. Robert Ramey Lucas Meijer wrote:

Robert Ramey wrote:

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Hmmm - something must be out of whack somewhere. I click on the link in your email - http://www.boost.org/libs/serialization/doc/implementation.html and it goes right where I expect it to.

I don't know what else to say here.

Sorry if I've been unclear here. What I meant was that I couldn't find that document from any place inside the boost-serialize documentation. I only found it because you emailed me the name of the document. I googled that name, and google found the url for me.

If I follow the documentation-path you sent me, I get stuck at "references". when I click the references link, I see no way to progress to the implementation notes.

I've now found the implementation notes being linked to from the bottom of the release notes page though, so it turns out I could have found out myself.

Maybe linking to the implementation notes somewhere more in sight would be a good idea, alltough I'm not sure how many people run into this.

Very glad things work now :)

Lucas