-----Original Message----- From: Robert Ramey [mailto:ramey@rrsd.com] Sent: 19 May 2005 16:34 To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: [boost] Re: Re: Non-intrusive serialization with VC2003 (7.1)

Marcin Tustin wrote:

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c:\new_boost\boost\boost\archive\detail\oserializer.hpp(152) :

The choice is made here.

Yes, and for the moment my understanding of function selection in C++ is not enough to understand why the choice is made.

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namespace boost { namespace serialization { template<class Archive > static void serialize(Archive & ar, const D2::Message& g, const unsigned int version) { //... }

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Note that your serialize template above uses datatype D2::Message while one is trying to serialize D2::MessagePtr.

I've changed the function to use D2::MessagePtr already. The move to D2::MessagePtr (Which is a typedef for Jrs::SmartPtr<D2::Message>) is for other reasons. In any case, the problem still obtains. The new code is: template<class Archive> void serialize(Archive & ar, const Jrs::SmartPtr<D2::Message>& g, const unsigned int version) { //ar & g.stdString(); ar & g.px; // contained pointer ar & g.pn; // reference counter } And yes, I am aware that there is a whole load of extra complexity in correctly serialising smart pointers, and I will deal with that once I can get any non-intrusive serialisation to work. Thanks again for your help and attention.