Re: [boost] [serialization] Why can't hyphens appear in NVP's?

From: Jonathan Wakely (cow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-19 05:29:04

On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 05:12:57PM +0900, Darren Cook wrote:

> > The xml_wiarchve and xml_woarechive do use UTF-8.  The specific case
> > reported by the user is a std::wstring with a '\0' in the middle of it.
> > Using UTF-8 doesn't address the issue.
> 
> Sorry, I thought you meant the zero byte was part of a multi-byte
> character. Converting to UTF-8 solves that (?).
> 
> But you just mean a standalone \0 character? Doesn't that mean the
> problem applies to serializing std::string as well?

Yes, it will.  The root of the problem is that std::string and
std::wstring can contain any arbitrary sequence of characters, including
NULs.

jon