[boost] serialization - simple

From: Neal D. Becker (nbecker_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-06 10:36:47

Not long ago a serialization lib was attempted here.  Although there was lots 
of support for serialization, there was not agreement on what it should do.

Still, the need exists.  Since I couldn't find anything that fit my needs, I 
threw together the beginning of my own.

At this point, it is very simple and does what I need.  Perhaps there is more 
general interest in a simple, minimal serialization lib of this sort.

Here are the highlights:

* binary format
* POD are all handled automatically
* classes need a function "DoSave", either static or nonmember (nonintrusive)
* STL containers handled

For now, only POD, std::vector and std::complex are implemented as a demo - 
but it seems easy to extend.  I had no problem to add RingBuffer< 
std::complex<int> >, for example.

Any thoughts?