Re: [boost] [serialization] patching 1.43 for the version numberingissue

Subject: Re: [boost] [serialization] patching 1.43 for the version numberingissue
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-28 01:14:17

Ryan Gallagher wrote:
> Robert Ramey <ramey <at> rrsd.com> writes:
>>
>> My understanding is that the last version # used before 1.44 is 6 and
>> the only way the 7 should be found there is if fix_six is executed
>> on that archive.
>>
>> To summarize:
>> 1.41 version 5
>> 1.42 version 6
>> 1.43 version 6 - change to 7 with fix_six
>> 1.44 version 8
>
> That was my understanding too.  However, I just downloaded 1.43 and
> libs/serialization/src/basic_archive.cpp has the following:
>
> // 5 - Boost 1.36
> //     changed serialization of collections: adding version even for
> primitive //     types caused backwards compatibility breaking change
> in 1.35 // 6 - Boost 1.41, serializing collection sizes as std::size_t
>
> BOOST_ARCHIVE_DECL(version_type)
> BOOST_ARCHIVE_VERSION(){
>    return version_type(7);
> }
>
> Perhaps 1.43 was already correct?  Or was the versioning done some
> other
> way?

hmmm if that's the case the fix_six shouldn't be necessary.  I got
my information from looking at the SVN.  But I might have gotten
it wrong as it's sort of confusing to follow things as they migrate
from trunk to release and then coordinate that with the actual
release dates.

Robert Ramey