Re: [boost] [serialization] Passing literals to oarchive

Subject: Re: [boost] [serialization] Passing literals to oarchive
From: Bjorn Reese (breese_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-03-29 08:11:30

On 03/27/2015 05:49 PM, Robert Ramey wrote:

> In this case the problem is different.  A parameter value placed on the
> stack cannot be passed by "const T & t".  This syntax assumes and enforces

Why not?

> Now one could add yet one more layer of TMP code to distinguish
> between tracked and untracked types and handle them differently.
> But that would introduce another layer of complexity and hide even
> more what is going on.  I would be reluctant to do this.

Making a special case for primitive types is not too bad. See the
attached patch.

> I'm presuming that this is not a common case.

I encounter it all the time in unit tests, and occasionally in other
code.