Re: [boost] (unknown)

From: Rainer Deyke (root_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-28 15:25:58

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From: "rameysb" <ramey_at_[hidden]>
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Subject: [boost] (unknown)

> b) implementation of archives in terms of istream/ostream. no
> registered objections.

I'm actually not really happy with this, but in the absence of binary
streams I am unable to offer a better alternative.

> c) binary format archive
>    issues - here is a summary of the binary/text archive issue
>    i)  binary data is fundementally non-portable

This is fundamentally untrue.  Ones and zeros are as portable as it
gets, and can be used across all locales and character sets.

>    ii)  converting to/from text alters floating/double numbers
>    iii) binary storage is considered more efficient

Not to mention less error-prone.

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