Re: [boost] Re: [fileststem]1.32: with serilization: visibility of m_path

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-08 16:43:57

At 12:48 PM 11/8/2004, Robert Ramey wrote:

 >Note that making one's code "serialization friendly" does not require
 >inclusion of a header from the serialization library.
 >
 >In most cases it should be sufficient to include
 >namespace boost { namespace serialization { class access; } }
 >and
 >
 >friend class boost::serialization::access;
 >
 >in each class definition.
 >
 >I don't think that's a huge burden.

No, that doesn't seem like a huge burden.

Let me see if I understand the issues correctly:

* As it stands now, boost::filesystem::path can be serialized by 
derivation, as Francis Andre suggested. Easy to do, but a bit messy to my 
taste.

* But by adding the two lines of code above, boost::filesystem::path 
becomes serialization friendly without further ado. And granting friendship 
does not create a dependency on the serialization library, so the cost is 
strictly limited.

Unless someone indicates I'm misunderstanding something, I'll go ahead and 
add the two lines of code, but I think it is too late for 1.32.0.

--Beman