[boost] Re: shared_ptr and serialization

From: Andreas Huber (ahd6974-spamgroupstrap_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-19 05:11:15

Robert Ramey <ramey <at> rrsd.com> writes:

> > b) Your implementation doesn't work when a weak_ptr is read before the
> > corresponding shared_ptr.
> 
> It would seem to me that serialization a weak pointer before serializing its
> corresponding shared pointer would be a user error.

Why make something a user error that can easily be made to work? I see that it 
is slightly more difficult to implement, but it does not seem to be that 
complicated?

Regards,

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