Re: [boost] [serialization] fast array serialization (10x speedup)

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-25 11:51:14

David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> writes:

> "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
>> David Abrahams wrote:
>>> "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>>
>>>> ("Archive" implies persistency, and relying on a specific
>>>> memory layout is not a way to achieve it.)
>>>
>>> I think Robert's statement
>>>
>>>  "Here, we use the term "serialization" to mean the reversible
>>>  deconstruction of an arbitrary set of C++ data structures to a
>>>  sequence of bytes. [...]
>>
>> Robert's statement is not at odds with what I wrote above.
>
> What you wrote above implies additional constraints not present in
> Robert's statement.  He doesn't say anything about persistency.  

Sorry, correction: he mentions persistency as *one possible* use of
the library among others.  Nothing he says implies persistency is
essential.

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