const packet_base test1;

packet_base test2;

std::stringstream ss;

{

portable_binary_oarchive pboa(ss);

pboa << test1;

std::cout << "str: " << ss.str() << " size: " << ss.str().size() <<

std::endl;

}

{

portable_binary_iarchive pbia(ss);

pbia >> test2;

std::cout << "str: " << ss.str() << " size: " << ss.str().size() <<

std::endl;

}

std::stringstream ss_out;

// These are either 2 x 8 byte integers or 1 x 16 byte integer, prob the later. Are they signed or unsigned, etc???

ss_out << ss.str()[0];

ss_out << ss.str()[1];

std::cout << "str: " << ss_out.str() << " size: " << ss_out.str().size() <<

std::endl;

assert(test1 == test2);