Re: [boost] [serialization] Warnings with MSVC 7.1

Subject: Re: [boost] [serialization] Warnings with MSVC 7.1
From: Chard (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-17 05:54:04

"Robert Ramey" <ramey_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:gfj7f6$pmo$1_at_ger.gmane.org...
> This case is descibed in the rationale section of the documentation.

I've had a good read of that, but I don't see the association.  The 
rationale discusses object tracking; the code, as I see it, is not 
conflicting with that.

This is simply compiling the reading code of a *non-polymorphic* type by 
shared_ptr.

For example, if I change X to have a virtual destructor, then the warnings 
go away, i.e.:

struct X
{
    template <typename T>
    void serialize(T &ar, const unsigned int version)
    {}

    virtual ~X() {}
};

> Disregard/disable at your own risk. I don't recommend it.  I recommend

Agreed.

> changing your code to avoid situation which avoids warnings.

But in this case the code appears to be correct; the warnings, emitted from 
boost::serialization, should not be triggered.

*The code has also been compiled on gcc 4.3.2 (with -Wall and -W) and does 
not generate any equivalent warnings.*

On MSVC7.1:

[...]\boost_1_37_0\boost\serialization\extended_type_info_typeid.hpp(88) : 
warning C4099: 
'boost::serialization::static_warning_impl<false>::STATIC_WARNING' : type 
name first seen using 'struct' now seen using 'class'

and on..