[boost] [serialization] Binary stream question/suggestion

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-30 09:35:21

Robert, 
do binary streams have any kinds of signature at the beginning? When I send 
just empty vector<int> to a binary stream, I get file with 5 zeros, and I'm 
not sure what is it.

I'm asking because I just had a strange error: serialization lib asserted in 
some place. It turned out that I was reading from an incorrect position in a 
stream. If there were a signature and iarchive checked for this signature, 
the bug would be diagnosed much faster.

What do you think?

- Volodya