Re: [boost] [serialization] exception-safety of container-serialization

From: Thorsten Ottosen (tottosen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-18 09:37:41

David Abrahams wrote:
> Thorsten Ottosen <tottosen_at_[hidden]> writes:

>>Ok, so if efficiency really matters here, would it not
>>be best not to call clear(), but try to assign to the
>>existing elements or create them in-place in the container?
> 
> 
> Yes, if efficiency really matters, and the container isn't empty, and
> no other considerations contravene this, it would be better.  However,
> I think most of the time the container starts out empty anyway, and
> there would only be savings in edge cases.

The latter case "create them in-place in the container"
still seems like something that will remove some overhead.

Sad that the standard can help us here.

-Thorsten