Re: [boost] [serialization] between 32 bit and 64 bit

Subject: Re: [boost] [serialization] between 32 bit and 64 bit
From: Jinqiang Zhang (jasonzha_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-09-05 21:59:23

Many thanks Robert & Jon.

Jon, what's 'boost-vault' ? is it something going into boost eventually? If
it's not case, probably I can't use it, since maintaining 3rd party would
be harder for us.
I would try "text archive" first.

cheers,
Jinqiang
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Jon Payne <jpayne_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>  On 05/09/2011 08:38, Robert Ramey wrote:
>
>> Jinqiang Zhang wrote:
>>
>>> I'm using boost.serialization for part of our messaging solution. Now
>>> here comes a problem: we want to communicate between 32bit and 64bit,
>>> is there a chance that using "text archive" would solve the problem ?
>>>
>> It should - but there might be some caviats.
>>
>> Suppose you generated an integer on your 64 bit machine longer than 32
>> bits.
>> That is
>> larger than 2^32 (~4,000,000,000.  There is no way that the 32 bit machine
>> can
>> prepresent it so this wouldn't work. This isn't a problem with the library
>> but
>> an inherent limitation representing 64 bit integers on a 32 bit machine.
>>
>> Other than this, it shold be fine.
>>
>> Robert Ramey
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> Hi Jinqiang,
>
> I believe there is also the eos portable binary archive, see
> eos_portable_archive.zip <https://github.com/boost-**
> vault/serialization/blob/**master/eos_portable_archive.**zip<https://github.com/boost-vault/serialization/blob/master/eos_portable_archive.zip>>
> in https://github.com/boost-**vault/serialization
>.

> <https://github.com/boost-**vault/serialization
>
> >
>
> Cheers,
> Jon
>
>
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