Re: [boost] [1.33.0][iostreams][serialization]

From: Jeff Flinn (TriumphSprint2000_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-03 07:40:37

"Jeff Flinn" <TriumphSprint2000_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
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>
> "Robert Ramey" <ramey_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
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>> Consider the following:
>>
>> I presume your going to be loading archives which which were saved with 
>> 1.32
>>
>> a) so this means you should be including BOOST_..._132.hpp so that you 
>> can load the old archives.
>
> I'm lucky enough to not need to support 1.32 archives. I was aware of the 
> shared_ptr_132.hpp issue from following the devel list.
>
>> b) However, this will save new archives in the new format.  The new 
>> format doesn't need the BOOST_SHARED_POINTER_EXPORT_GUID .  However, the 
>> new format will require export of the underlying type - something that 
>> BOOST_SHARED_POINTER_EXPORT_GUID did as a side-effect.
>
> Ok, I missed that there was no longer a need for 
> BOOST_SHARED_POINTER_EXPORT_GUID in reading the changes section. Also I 
> never #included boost/serialization/shared_ptr_132.hpp so I'm surprised 
> that I didn't get a compiler error that BOOST_SHARED_POINTER_EXPORT_GUID 
> was not defined. Most likely a VC7.1 oddity/bug.
>
> I changed to BOOST_SHARED_POINTER_EXPORT_GUID(along with a clean build) 
> and

Oops that should read BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT_GUID.

> lo-and-behold all works like a charm! In fact I've been able to clean up a 
> lot of kluges required to work around VC7.1 ICE's. I previously had to 
> separate more than 3 exports macro calls into multiple files. Compilation 
> is also much faster.
>
> A very, very nice improvement in serialization, iostreams and all the rest 
> of Boost!
>
> Congratulations and Thanks to all involved!
>
> Jeff