Re: [boost] Re: Serialization Formal Review #2

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-04-26 05:18:09

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andreas Huber" <ah2003_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 11:40 AM
Subject: [boost] Re: Serialization Formal Review #2

> Robert Ramey wrote:
> > Message: 11
> > Andreas Huber wrote:
> >
> >> 1. On compilers supporting ADL, it seems the user-supplied
> >> serialization function for non-intrusive serialization
> >
> >> template<class Archive>
> >> void serialize(Archive & ar, gps_position & g, const unsigned int
> >> version);
> >
> >> could also be put into the namespace of the type that it serializes.
> >> If this is correct it should be mentioned in the tutorial &
> >> reference. If
> >> not, there should be a rationale why not.
> >
> > I did try this in my environment VC 7.1 and it failed to work.  Does
> > anyone want to assert that it should or shouldn't work?
>
> I'm unsure about VC7.1. It is supposed to work with conformant compilers
as
> detailed here:
>
> http://www.boost.org/libs/smart_ptr/intrusive_ptr.html#Introduction
>
> However, the situation is different there as the called function only
accepts
> exactly one parameter.

It doesn't matter. ADL should find the overload, provided that 'serialize'
is not qualified at the point of the call.

In my own library I use very similar read/write overloads that are, indeed,
placed in the namespace of the corresponding class and found by ADL. Yes, it
works with VC 7.1.