Re: [Boost-users] Re: Is there a binary serialization class ?

From: Carlo Wood (carlo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-08-31 05:19:43

On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 12:42:17AM +0000, Raj wrote:
> > what would a binary serialization class do?
>  
> To archive the class object data to be used at a later time in a file,
> and to not let the users simply read the contents.

A general "binary serialization class" would never know
where builtin-variables begin and end (or what type they
are) and therefore cannot swap bytes on Big-Endian machines.

Opens his eggs on the little size,

-- 
Carlo Wood <carlo_at_[hidden]>