"Robert Ramey" <ramey@rrsd.com> writes:
a) its short The total (actually one half - the save part) implementation consists of 220 lines of code including comments. b) it doesn't require any alterations in the library. c) it doesn't require any alterations of existing serialization code.
This completes my example.
Robert, I didn't have time to do a deep analysis of what appears to be a very intricate design, but: 1. Assuming that you meant a successful test to return a status code of zero the test you posted fails on every compiler I can find. 2. Is this the promised simplification of the design we posted in http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2005/11/97002.php? If so, by what measure is your approach a simplification? I actually don't want to get into a discussion of which non-intrusive design is best. The social and code interoperability dynamics of any non-intrusive design are the same, and that's really what I want to discuss. Please let me know when you're ready to talk about that. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com