----- Mensaje original ----- De: Robert Ramey <ramey@rrsd.com> Fecha: Sábado, Septiembre 29, 2007 0:34 am Asunto: Re: [boost] [serialization] Proposal for an extension API to the Archive concept Para: boost@lists.boost.org
"JOAQUIN LOPEZ MU?Z" wrote:
I look forward to your opinions about my position on the generality of the helper API and about the flyweight case. In general, I understand your position and I think it's a reasonable one, given the particular weights you assign to the factors involved --different to mine. When we come to this point the thing it's not then about hard facts but opinions, but I hope I'll be able to pile some more arguments to my tip of the balance
I've given a cursory examination of you email and don't have time right now to give the answer it merits.
Please come back then when you have the time. Your elaborate feedback is greatly appreciated, and we're not in a hurry to get this sorted out.
However, I'm not really looking to convince you that you have to give up something. I expect to propose what you want factored in two pieces: a) an implemenation of a "pure" archive concept b) a mechanism for extending any class modeling the "pure" concept above to address situations such as you describe. Whether or not the "officially" supported boost archive classes (text_?archive, xml_?archive, etc. ) should include one or more such extensions would be a separate discussion. This is a question that I am less concerned about personally.
Robert Ramey
Joaquín M López Muñoz Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo PS: It's a pity nobody else has jumped into the discussion :(