[Boost-users] [serialization] Incorrect assertion in basic_binary_oprimitive?

From: Austin Bingham (austin.bingham_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-11 16:47:56

I've run into a situation where I'm triggering an assertion at
basic_binary_oprimitive::save_binary(). This is on
basic_binary_oprimitive.hpp, line 115 in version 1.32. This assertion seems
to be claiming that an output stream will always be in a "good" state after
a call to write(). On it's face, I think there's no way to safely make that
claim, especially about a stream whose type is a template parameter. In
fact, as I understand it, good()'s whole purpose is to let you know that the
stream is busted.

Am I misunderstanding something, or should that assert be changed to an
exception?

I'm trying to get an example program that demonstrates this problem.
Currently, the code that exercises it is big and hairy, and I haven't pared
down the precise conditions that cause it to happen. I can provide a stack
trace, however, which may be of some use.
--
Austin Bingham
"If I were creating the world I wouldn't mess about
with butterflies and daffodils. I would have started
with lasers, eight o'clock, Day One!"
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