3. ok, i can't use this. its too slow to compile and the error messages are pointless
The serialization library of xml archives uses spirit to parse and has so from the beginning. I've been very pleased with the results. I havn't had to look at the code in the last 6 years. The serialization library has the xml_parser compiled into it. So, it is recompiled once for each boost release. There was a learning curve. However, it was an interesting one rather than a tedious one. Implementation of the xml archive was greatly helped by the inclusion of an xml parser example in the spirit documents. I did have to make some changes in it (wide characters etc) and slimmed it down. But for me, bottom line for using a library is that it does the job more or less once and for all. By that criteria, Spirit has been very successful in my experience. And it's true. It IS a very clever an cool idea. Robert Ramey