On 26 Jul 2010, at 05:52, David Abrahams wrote:
At Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:12:24 -0800, Robert Ramey wrote:
David Abrahams wrote:
At Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:30:03 -0800, Robert Ramey wrote:
Matthias Troyer wrote:
On 23 Jul 2010, at 18:11, Robert Ramey wrote:
[snip] Robert Ramey
Let me summarize concisely: no user-defined archive type may use any of the serialize function, pointer handling, or any other aspect of the serialization library since all those are implementation details that you might change at any time.
Naturally I think that's a little harsh.
As far as I can tell there was no criticism, express or implied, in Matthias's statement, so if it sounds harsh perhaps it is because the predicament in which he currently finds himself is harsh.
It's actually demonstrably incorrect - I was just being diplomatic
That may be so, but as far as I could tell at the time it was Matthias' best attempt to interpret what you had been telling him. Therefore, it was how he (mis?)understood his predicament.
Robert still has not demonstrated how it should be possible, although I think that we are slowly getting to the point where he can define what is part of a stable public interface to make it possible. Matthias