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

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-18 22:15:45

Thorsten Ottosen <tottosen_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>> Thorsten Ottosen <tottosen_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> 
>> 
>>>Well, can't we think if deserialization as just another way of 
>>>constructing an object?
>>>
>>>So if deserialization fails, it's like when construction fails and you 
>>>might throw or abort. No?
>> 
>> 
>> No; the usual deserialization method starts with an
>> already-constructed object.
>
> In boost's framework, sure. In others, eg. one found in C#, each
> class has a special constructor.

But we're discussing Boost's framework (which also happens to support
the ctor method; it's just not the usual way).

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Dave Abrahams
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