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

From: Lucas Galfaso (lgalfaso_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-19 23:25:18

I am still not sure that you can not put a representation of the character 
\0 inside an XML, but if it were possible, the natural representation would 
be "�" (without the quotes) Why not just use it?

\TM

"Jonathan Wakely" <cow_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:20050719102904.GC92286_at_compsoc.man.ac.uk...
> 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
>
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