[boost] serialization: buffers

From: Darren Cook (darren_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-28 03:57:59

I've a class like this:

class Example{
int str[BSize];
int *p;
};

Where p points to next available element (p==str+BSize is possible when it 
is full). I.e. str is like begin() and p is like end(). I want to add a 
serialize() function, something like this:

template<class Archive> void serialize(Archive &ar,const unsigned int){
ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(buf,p);
}

but there seems to be no support for buffers like this?

For the moment I've implemented using separate load/save functions, where 
save writes the buffer size and load starts by reading it. While much 
simpler than the load/save code I'm replacing, the above 1-liner is even 
more appealing.

Darren