As of version 1.34, Boost.PtrContainer supports serialization as defined by Boost.Serialization. Now I'd like to propose a switch to disable this feature. The attached patch adds checks if BOOST_PTR_CONTAINER_NO_SERIALZATION is defined around the serialization related code blocks and enables/disables serialization support. It's not that I don't like serialization support but on a Debian system you have to install libboost-serialization-dev and libboost-serialization1.34.0 just to use Boost.PtrContainer. The patch was created against CVS HEAD but I'd gladly provide a patch against 1.34 if it finds any interest. Regards, Sebastian Index: ptr_array.hpp =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/boost/boost/boost/ptr_container/ptr_array.hpp,v retrieving revision 1.9 diff -u -r1.9 ptr_array.hpp --- ptr_array.hpp 16 Feb 2006 23:38:36 -0000 1.9 +++ ptr_array.hpp 28 May 2007 13:35:29 -0000 @@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ return this->c_private()[idx] == 0; } +#ifndef BOOST_PTR_CONTAINER_NO_SERIALIZATION public: // serialization template< class Archive > @@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ } BOOST_SERIALIZATION_SPLIT_MEMBER() - +#endif }; ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Index: ptr_map_adapter.hpp =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/boost/boost/boost/ptr_container/ptr_map_adapter.hpp,v retrieving revision 1.26 diff -u -r1.26 ptr_map_adapter.hpp --- ptr_map_adapter.hpp 8 Mar 2006 23:16:00 -0000 1.26 +++ ptr_map_adapter.hpp 28 May 2007 13:36:09 -0000 @@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ return replace( where, x.release() ); } +#ifndef BOOST_PTR_CONTAINER_NO_SERIALIZATION public: // serialization template< class Archive > @@ -305,6 +306,7 @@ ar & ptr_container_detail::serialize_as_const( i->second ); } } +#endif }; } // ptr_container_detail @@ -472,6 +474,7 @@ return transfer( from.begin(), from.end(), from ); } +#ifndef BOOST_PTR_CONTAINER_NO_SERIALIZATION public: // serialization template< class Archive > @@ -493,7 +496,7 @@ } BOOST_SERIALIZATION_SPLIT_MEMBER() - +#endif }; ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @@ -647,6 +650,7 @@ BOOST_ASSERT( from.empty() ); } +#ifndef BOOST_PTR_CONTAINER_NO_SERIALIZATION public: // serialization template< class Archive > @@ -668,7 +672,7 @@ } BOOST_SERIALIZATION_SPLIT_MEMBER() - +#endif }; template< class I, class F, class S > Index: ptr_vector.hpp =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/boost/boost/boost/ptr_container/ptr_vector.hpp,v retrieving revision 1.10 diff -u -r1.10 ptr_vector.hpp --- ptr_vector.hpp 18 Feb 2006 01:41:14 -0000 1.10 +++ ptr_vector.hpp 28 May 2007 13:35:09 -0000 @@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ this->c_private().reserve( n ); } +#ifndef BOOST_PTR_CONTAINER_NO_SERIALIZATION public: // serialization template< class Archive > @@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ } BOOST_SERIALIZATION_SPLIT_MEMBER() - +#endif }; ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Index: detail/reversible_ptr_container.hpp =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/boost/boost/boost/ptr_container/detail/reversible_ptr_container.hpp,v retrieving revision 1.24 diff -u -r1.24 reversible_ptr_container.hpp --- detail/reversible_ptr_container.hpp 6 Mar 2006 20:09:50 -0000 1.24 +++ detail/reversible_ptr_container.hpp 28 May 2007 13:35:10 -0000 @@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ #include <boost/utility/enable_if.hpp> #include <boost/type_traits/is_pointer.hpp> #include <boost/type_traits/is_integral.hpp> + +#ifndef BOOST_PTR_CONTAINER_NO_SERIALIZATION #include <boost/serialization/split_member.hpp> +#endif + #include <algorithm> #include <exception> #include <memory> @@ -46,12 +50,13 @@ namespace ptr_container_detail { - +#ifndef BOOST_PTR_CONTAINER_NO_SERIALIZATION template< class T > inline T const& serialize_as_const( T const& r ) { return r; } +#endif template< class CloneAllocator > struct clone_deleter @@ -545,6 +550,7 @@ return replace( idx, x.release() ); } +#ifndef BOOST_PTR_CONTAINER_NO_SERIALIZATION // // serialization // @@ -602,7 +608,7 @@ } BOOST_SERIALIZATION_SPLIT_MEMBER() - +#endif }; // 'reversible_ptr_container'