Re: [Boost-users] Re: Re: Re: Serialization of cross-pointing objects

From: martin f krafft (madduck_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-13 10:48:04

also sprach Robert Ramey <ramey_at_[hidden]> [2005.05.13.1655 +0200]:
> > Alternatively, or additionally, within the cyclic object
> > themselves, it would be nice if it was possible to serialize the
> > pointer without serializing its contents, i.e. creating only an
> > index in the archive, making it up to the user to make sure that
> > the object is later serialized with that index to adress it.
> 
> That's more or less how the serialization of pointers works now
> - and that's why it DOES work.

If I end up not serialising the pointee object, the framework does
serialise it automatically, right? That is to say:

  {
    A a;
    a.x = 5;
    ar << &a;
  }

  //...

  A *b
  ar >> b;
  assert(b->x == 5)

should work just fine, right?

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