Re: [boost] [Boost.Serialization] Detecting if Boost.Serialization is supported for a type

Loannis Papadopoulos wrote:

I successfully made a template supports_boost_serialization<T> that detects if T::serialize() exists.

However, I cannot address the case of a stand-alone serialize() function - since there is a generic boost::serialization::serialize(Archive&, T&, const unsigned int), there is not way (that I know of) to figure out if non-intrusive serialization exists for a specific T.

Another hard case is inherited serialize methods - consider class T inheriting from class B, and B::serialize() exists. Does your implementation of supports_boost_serialization<T> detect that? If it does, I am interested in how. Ben