Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #9612: Memory Access Violation when recursively serializing classes

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #9612: Memory Access Violation when recursively serializing classes
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-02-07 20:04:00

#9612: Memory Access Violation when recursively serializing classes
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  Reporter:  Chris Rusby <chris.rusby@…>  |      Owner:  ramey
      Type:  Bugs                         |     Status:  closed
 Milestone:  To Be Determined             |  Component:  serialization
   Version:  Boost 1.55.0                 |   Severity:  Problem
Resolution:  invalid                      |   Keywords:
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Comment (by ramey):

 If you look into basic_serializer_map.cpp you'll find a passage of
 commented out code which I implemented just to trap this type of
 situation.  I believe that uncommenting this code would be effective in
 your situation.

 I had to comment it out because so many people just ignored this issue and
 instantiated code all over the place and this prevented their code from
 compiling.  They complained a lot that the serialization library was
 "buggy" because of this.  So I had to comment it out.

 Probably this should be re-enabled but permit the check to be suppressed
 with a run-time switch.  But then this is also a hassle to implement so I
 just left it commented out.

 You might want to experiment with enabling this code and see what impact
 it would have on your application and perhaps think about how to
 conditionally enable it. - assuming you've got nothing else to do.

 Robert Ramey

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/9612#comment:13>
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