On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Robert Ramey <ramey@rrsd.com> wrote:
Zach Laine wrote:
FWIW, some_archive & some_std_string doesn't even compile with Boost 1.36 and 1.37, with GCC 4.1.0.
The serialization tests suite explicitly tests serialization of std::string on all platforms and compilers and archives and they all pass so maybe you're doing something wrong.
Sorry, I meant "some_std_string_pointer".
So, why didn't you do a trick like the one used below, and save a std::string-derived type instead of a std::string?
This trick can only be used to turn a primitive into a serializable type - not the other way around.
I was referring to your statement that you need to serialize std::strings in the archive header. My point is just that it seems more appropriate to write some std::string-equivalent (apparently not using the trick you recommended to me, but perhaps something like a size S followed by S chars?) in the archive header, instead of forcing user code to treat std::string as a primitive type.
Now users have to figure out this trick and presumably have to post to this list, since none of this is documented AFAICT.
Maybe you should look for a better documented serialization library.
I'm just trying to make the one I use better, instead of starting from scratch.
If you want, you could submit a documentation patch as a TRAK item.
Will do. Zach