Re: [boost] [Serialization] why operator &()?

From: Russell Hind (rh_gmane_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-14 07:53:28

Jim Hyslop wrote:
> 
> So who says they have to be chained? I agree the chained calls above look rather
> ugly, but what's wrong with:
> 
>   a.serialize(member1);
>   a.serialize(member2);
> 
> Clear, concise, and consistent.
> 

I guess I just was just used to a different archiving system that used 
<< and >> so it acted like streams, that the suggestion to replace both 
with a single & seemed logical and clean to me.  I don't have any 
problem with the use of & in this context.

FWIW, we don't chain calls together either as all our code is for XML 
archives which therefore has long make_nvp calls but I still prefer the 
& to a .serialize call.

Must be just personal preference.

Cheers

Russell