Robert Ramey wrote:
Perhaps Robert can state for himself whether he considers
http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2005/11/97058.php
unacceptable, and why.
This link doesn't work for me.
""" Looking at collections_save_imp.hpp: template<class Archive, class Container> inline void save_collection(Archive & ar, const Container &s) { // record number of elements unsigned int count = s.size(); ar << make_nvp("count", const_cast<const unsigned int &>(count)); BOOST_DEDUCED_TYPENAME Container::const_iterator it = s.begin(); while(count-- > 0){ //if(0 == (ar.get_flags() & boost::archive::no_object_creation)) // note borland emits a no-op without the explicit namespace boost::serialization::save_construct_data_adl(ar, &(*it), 0U); ar << boost::serialization::make_nvp("item", *it++); } } all that needs to be done is: template<class Archive, class It> inline void save_sequence(Archive & ar, It it, unsigned count) { while(count-- > 0){ //if(0 == (ar.get_flags() & boost::archive::no_object_creation)) // note borland emits a no-op without the explicit namespace boost::serialization::save_construct_data_adl(ar, &(*it), 0U); ar << boost::serialization::make_nvp("item", *it++); } } template<class Archive, class Container> inline void save_collection(Archive & ar, const Container &s) { // record number of elements unsigned int count = s.size(); ar << make_nvp("count", const_cast<const unsigned int &>(count)); save_sequence( ar, s.begin(), count ); } unless I'm missing something fundamental. """