Re: [boost] [Review] Shmem, Serialization ad I/O streams

From: Pavel Vozenilek (pavel_vozenilek_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-12 13:07:24

"Ion Gaztañaga" wrote:

>> If shmem provides Boost.Serialization support and iostreams support then 
>> it
>> would be easy to leverage those libraries to provide the high-level 
>> passing
>> of objects you describe.
>
> I agree. I would need to see what do I need to have Serialization
> support what are the requirements of a Serialization archive.
>

Since shared memory  can be /huge/ there should
be also mechanism to retrieve the raw data
piece by piece (for futher processing).

Having only serialization would mean doubling,
memory usage when the shmem gets serialized.

/Pavel