Re: [boost] Re: Serialization Draft #13 uploaded to files section

From: Lars Gullik Bjønnes (larsbj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-11-04 03:28:46

Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:

| Robert Ramey wrote:
>
>
>>>However, I'm really suspicious of passing wchar_t as unsigned shorts.
>>>wchar_t is 32 bits on some compilers, and gcc is one of them -- which
>>>means you're loosing some data.
>> 
>> very good, the whole wchar_t <-> int thing is going to have to be looked
>> at a little more.  Oh then there's the case where wchar_t is just a
>> typedef
>> for some int.  
>
| Guess you'll have to figure out what's the widest type which can keep
| wchar_t on a current compiler, using some metaprogramming.

What would be the harm in always using a 32bit type?

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	Lgb