Re: [boost] [Serialization] this seems wrong

Subject: Re: [boost] [Serialization] this seems wrong
From: Michael Marcin (mike.marcin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-02 13:44:14

Michael Marcin wrote:
> I don't know about getting rid of the unnamed namespace but essentially 
> we just need a unique name per type in a translation unit.. so how about:
> 
> #define BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT_GUID(T, K)                                \
> namespace                                                            \
> {                                                                    \
>     template< typename U >                                           \
>     class init_guid                                                  \
>     {                                                                \
>         static ::boost::archive::detail::guid_initializer<U> const & \
>         guid_initializer_;                                           \
>     };                                                               \
>     template<> ::boost::archive::detail::guid_initializer<T> const & \
>         init_guid<T>::guid_initializer_ =                            \
>             ::boost::serialization::singleton<                       \
>                 ::boost::archive::detail::guid_initializer<T>        \
>             >::get_mutable_instance().export_guid(K);                \
> }
> 

Do we still need to explicitly instantiate init_guid here? If so add

template class init_guid<T>;

-- 
Michael Marcin