Re: [boost] Re: Re: Re: Re: Serialization library - submission #5 andrequest

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-12 20:05:11

From: "Eric Woodruff" <Eric.Woodruff_at_[hidden]>

> >  Text is generally more
> >bloated than binary, so there is no need to write something that is
based
> on
> >binary serialization to text.
>
> I hadn't realized anyone had suggested this.
>
> >  The entire idea of being able to
> >polymorphically switch between the two is senseless.
>
> nor this.
>
> ===> Well that appears to be the only premise behind the basic_iarchive
and
> basic_oarchive in the serialization library with it's text and binary
> specializations.

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How many times do I have to remind people not to indiscriminately quote
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