[boost] Re: Requests for changes in 1.33 related to serialization

From: Neal Becker (ndbecker2_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-16 21:11:53

Robert Ramey wrote:

> Neal Becker wrote:
>> I want to suggest 2 changes that would be helpful at least to me, that
>> relate to serialization.
>>
>> I use serialization with mersenne_twister and python.  To support
>> this 2 changes are needed:
>>
>> 1) serialization must be build as a shared library.  I know this
>> doesn't
>> work on all platforms, but I believe it works on at least some, and
>> therefore should be supported.
> 
> Done in 1.33
> 
>> 2) Please add support for serialization to mersenne_twister.hpp.  All
>> that's needed is this:
>>
>>  template<class Archive>
>>   void serialize(Archive & ar, const unsigned int version)
>>   {
>>     ar & x;
>>     ar & i;
>>   }
> 
> Hmm - well, if this doesn't make it into boost, I presume its not a
> obstacle for you.

Not sure what you mean.  It is an obstacle.  I use boost::python to to wrap
boost::random, and want serialization.  I am giving my code to others, and
now the only way to make it work is for them to patch mersenne_twister.hpp,
(as well as building serialization as a shared lib).