Re: [boost] [Serialization] How to retrieve a class version in an archive without loading?

Subject: Re: [boost] [Serialization] How to retrieve a class version in an archive without loading?
From: Brandon Kohn (blkohn_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-10-18 08:27:00

On 10/18/2013 8:01 AM, nico wrote:
> *In brief : is there a way to retrieve the BOOST_CLASS_VERSION of T stored
> in the archive ?*

In short, no. At least not the way you want. The class version is 
serialized just before the instance serialization. You would have to 
deserialize the archive up to the point of the first instance of the 
class to find this data.

Cheers,

Brandon