Re: [boost] [BoostCon07][testing] Session reminder.

From: Nicola Musatti (Nicola.Musatti_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-04 18:18:17

Peter Dimov wrote:
> Sorry for not following the thread properly, just a quick note:
> 
>>>> (e.g. serialization support for core libraries should be supplied by
>>>> serialization and not core [as I believe it is now, at least in many 
>>>> cases]).
> 
> This is not right. Serialization support for class X should be provided by 
> X.hpp and it must be possible to do this without depending on any other 
> header. 

I don't agree, except in the rare cases where serialization is one of 
the core responsibilities of the class. The one thing that I realize is 
often unavoidable is providing the serialization mechanism access to a 
class's private state and I consider this rather unfortunate.

Cheers,
Nicola Musatti