Re: [boost] [Serialization] this seems wrong

Subject: Re: [boost] [Serialization] this seems wrong
From: Kenny Riddile (kfriddile_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-26 12:20:02

Brandon Kohn wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Kenny Riddile" <kfriddile_at_[hidden]>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 11:33 AM
> To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
> Subject: Re: [boost] [Serialization] this seems wrong
> 
>> Robert Ramey wrote:
>>> Kenny Riddile wrote:
>>>> Am I missing  something?
>>>
>>> This is done in order to create unique variable name for static
>>> variables which implement export.
>>>
>>>> Is this fixed in 1.37
>>>
>>> no.
>>>
>>> We don't know of any other way to do this.  If you do, feel free
>>> to implement it.
>>>
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>>
>> Thanks for the quick response and the great library.  One solution 
>> that comes to mind is to use a combination of file name and line 
>> number instead of just the line number via both the __FILE__ and 
>> __LINE__ preprocessor directives.  Are you aware of any reason why 
>> that wouldn't work?
> 
> Hi :),
> 
> This is the first thing I thought as well.. I think there might be 
> trouble though if a filename is not constrained to be a valid identifier 
> name.
> 
> Brandon
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Yes, I had that thought too, especially since I believe __FILE__ gives 
the entire path of the file.  Still, I didn't know if there was some 
magical way to extract the desired section of the __FILE__ output using 
boost preprocessor or something.  I've never used that library before.