Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3700: boost::archive should support basic_strings with different allocators

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3700: boost::archive should support basic_strings with different allocators
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-27 01:25:13

#3700: boost::archive should support basic_strings with different allocators
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  Reporter:  anonymous         |       Owner:  ramey                          
      Type:  Feature Requests  |      Status:  reopened                       
 Milestone:                    |   Component:  serialization                  
   Version:  Boost 1.41.0      |    Severity:  Optimization                   
Resolution:                    |    Keywords:  serialization archive allocator
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Changes (by anonymous):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * resolution:  invalid =>
  * milestone:  Boost 1.42.0 =>

Comment:

 Hi,

 The problem here is that we have our string object defined as:

 typedef
 std::basic_string<std::string::value_type,std::string::traits_type,MyAllocator>
 MyString;

 boost::serialization should be able to serialize this object the same way
 it does a std::string. Instead it serializes it as a char array which
 causes very large and ugly xml.

 The reason is that in the boost serialization class it uses std::string
 directly. Instead all functions that are hardcoded as std::string as
 primitive types, they should instead be templates that use
 std::basic_string<A,B,C> so they work with any basic_string type.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3700#comment:2>
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