[boost] Re: Release 1.33 [serialization] [variant]

From: Eric Friedman (ebf_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-02-02 17:07:58

Hi Troy (and others interested in this issue),

When I have some available time, I will take a look at the code for 
serialization.  Sorry for not replying sooner, but I don't check up on 
the Boost list as often as I should.

One question, as I'm not familiar with the serialization library.  What 
effect do the proposed changes have on those users of variant who do not 
need/want serialization support?  Obviously there is the addition 
#include, but does this imply overhead, or is the header simply forward 
declares in the spirit of <iosfwd>?

Thanks,

Eric

troy d. straszheim wrote:
> Robert Ramey wrote:
> 
>> I have had requests for this from time to time.  Indeed, I have interest
>> myself. However, authors of boost::variant havn't shown an interest in 
>> doing
>> this.
>> So I would suggest:
> 
> 
> I think I've got these covered:
> 
>> a)    Make sure it has a test.  Ideally it should be in the same form 
>> as the
>> other serialization tests so it can be just "dropped in" to the 
>> current test
>> setup.
> 
> 
> Naturally.  I started with one of the serialization tests, it gets run 5 
> times on the 5 different types of archive like the others.
> 
>> b)    Make a simple html page to describe any "gotchas" (if any) or other
>> quirks one has to be aware of.
> 
> 
> Far as I can see, there really aren't any gotchas, it just serializes 
> variants.
> 
>> c)    Prepare to receive lots of advice on how you "should" have done it.
> 
> 
> Sure, I'd be glad to modify it to please the hordes, but I take neither 
> credit nor blame, yet, it is from message 
> news://news.gmane.org:119/co291u$[e-mail]
> Thread title "Serializing a variant", in which Richard Peters says:
> 
>> The code in the previous posting gives a general solution for 
>> serializing a
>> variant, so that there is no need to make an ad-hoc serializer for every
>> different variant.
> 
> 
> -t
> 
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