--- basic_binary_iarchive.ipp	(revision 14)
+++ basic_binary_iarchive.ipp	(working copy)
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #if defined(BOOST_NO_STDC_NAMESPACE)
 namespace std{ 
     using ::memcpy; 
+    using ::strlen;
+    using ::size_t;
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -48,7 +50,23 @@
 basic_binary_iarchive<Archive>::init(){
     // read signature in an archive version independent manner
     std::string file_signature;
-    * this->This() >> file_signature;
+    try {
+        std::size_t l;
+        this->This()->load(l);
+        if(l == std::strlen(BOOST_ARCHIVE_SIGNATURE())) {
+            // borland de-allocator fixup
+            #if BOOST_WORKAROUND(_RWSTD_VER, BOOST_TESTED_AT(20101))
+            if(NULL != file_signature.data())
+            #endif
+                file_signature.resize(l);
+            // note breaking a rule here - could be a problem on some platform
+            if(0 < l)
+                this->This()->load_binary(&(*file_signature.begin()), l);
+        }
+    }
+    catch(archive_exception const &) {  // catch stream_error archive exceptions
+        file_signature = "";   // will cause invalid_signature archive exception to be thrown below
+    }
     if(file_signature != BOOST_ARCHIVE_SIGNATURE())
         boost::serialization::throw_exception(
             archive_exception(archive_exception::invalid_signature)