Hello. I recently try to use boost.Serialization and it works fine until i try to serialize a string pointer. With a string pointer, the compiler (gcc 4.4.1) can't resolve a type and print the error: "error: ‘struct std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char>

’ has no member named ‘serialize’"

Here a schoolish example that fails to compile: ______________________________________________________ #include <boost/archive/text_oarchive.hpp> #include <boost/archive/text_iarchive.hpp> #include <boost/serialization/string.hpp> #include <fstream> #include <string> int main() { std::string* s=new std::string("some text"); std::ofstream of("file.txt"); { boost::archive::text_oarchive oa(of); // write class instance to archive oa << s; // archive and stream closed when destructors are called } delete s; return 0; } __________________________________________________________ and the gcc output is: -------------- Build: Debug in Boost_Serialize_Test --------------- Compiling: main.cpp In file included from /usr/include/boost/serialization/split_member.hpp:23, from /usr/include/boost/serialization/nvp.hpp:33, from /usr/include/boost/serialization/serialization.hpp:17, from /usr/include/boost/archive/detail/oserializer.hpp:61, from /usr/include/boost/archive/detail/interface_oarchive.hpp:24, from /usr/include/boost/archive/detail/common_oarchive.hpp:20, from /usr/include/boost/archive/basic_text_oarchive.hpp:32, from /usr/include/boost/archive/text_oarchive.hpp:31, from /.../main.cpp:2: /usr/include/boost/serialization/access.hpp: In static member function ‘static void boost::serialization::access::serialize(Archive&, T&, unsigned int) [with Archive = boost::archive::text_oarchive, T = std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char>

]’: /usr/include/boost/serialization/serialization.hpp:74: instantiated from ‘void boost::serialization::serialize(Archive&, T&, unsigned int) [with Archive = boost::archive::text_oarchive, T = std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> ]’ /usr/include/boost/serialization/serialization.hpp:133: instantiated from ‘void boost::serialization::serialize_adl(Archive&, T&, unsigned int) [with Archive = boost::archive::text_oarchive, T = std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> ]’ /usr/include/boost/archive/detail/oserializer.hpp:140: instantiated from ‘void boost::archive::detail::oserializer<Archive, T>::save_object_data(boost::archive::detail::basic_oarchive&, const void*) const [with Archive = boost::archive::text_oarchive, T = std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> ]’ /.../main.cpp:87: instantiated from here /usr/include/boost/serialization/access.hpp:109: error: ‘struct std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> ’ has no member named ‘serialize’ Process terminated with status 1 (0 minutes, 4 seconds) 1 errors, 0 warnings

I also tried this one codepad. you could see the result here: http://codepad.org/QnR0mMVs I don't know if it's an issue or if i'm using serialize the wrong way but i would need to serialize strings pointers. Best regards Mocramis