Re: [boost] Bug in serializationexample/boost/libs/serialization/example/portable_binary_oarchive.hpp

From: Stefan van den Oord (stefan.vandenoord_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-06-26 11:37:09

Ok, I'll check out the changes and verify if they work for me. I'll
let you know.

Stefan

On 6/26/06, Robert Ramey <ramey_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Stefan van den Oord wrote:
> > As a matter of fact, I already ran into other issues with that
> > solution I suggested.
> >
> > I didn't really give this much thought yet, but would it be an idea to
> > pass the size of the type to save_impl, just as you do to load_impl,
> > and then use that real size instead of a computed size?
>
> The problem is that the "real size" may be different between the
> sending and receiving machines.  I tweaked portable_binary_iarchive
> to properly sign extend negative values which I believe solves
> the problem - I havn't tested it yet though.
>
> Robert Ramey
>
>
>
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