[boost] Re: [serialization] binary archives and text/binary streams

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-26 11:17:49

"Russell Hind" <rh_gmane_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:cll9ma$fi4$1_at_sea.gmane.org...
> There seems to be a problem on win32 where if you use a stream opened in
> text mode for a binary archive, you get errors.  The following code
> asserts because 'd' appears to have a random value on the way back in.
>
> If you open both streams in binary mode then the code runs fine.  XML
> archives don't have the same problem.

> I realise you shouldn't use a binary archive with a text stream, but is
> there anyway to catch this at compile or run time?  Otherwise you just
> end up with a corrupted archive?

I looked hard for a way to determine whether a previously open stream was
opened in binary or text mode.  I was unable to find a way to do this -
portable or otherwise.  The assertion was the best I could do.

Robert Ramey