[boost] Re: serialization: automatic undo/redo

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-01-04 19:58:17

Dave Abrahams

>Robert Ramey <ramey_at_[hidden]> writes:

>> Now I'm intrigued with the memento archive adaptor
>> described in the previous post.  This overloads pointer
>> serialization so that pointers are not re-created
>> but rather dereferenced and re-loaded.  This would
>> mean no dynamic memory allocation.  

>What's the point of doing that when you could just keep the
>un-serialized objects in your undo stack?

Indeed.  I responded to the original question about how to
do it without considering why one would want to.  I would
like to hear from the original poster as to what his
motivation is.

Robert Ramey