Re: [Boost-users] [serialization]

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-18 20:22:31

Paul Giaccone <paulg_at_[hidden]> writes:

> However, this is not what I am requesting.  What I am asking for is a 
> note in the documentation on the page headed "Serialization - Archive 
> Exceptions" under "stream_error" that says something along the lines of 
> "This exception can also occur when reading an archive to which 
> uninitialized data has been written.

Undefined behavior can induce any effect at all, so of course it can
result in a stream_error exception.  However, if the program is going
to try to intentionally respond to uninitialized data it should NOT be
with an exception, but with an assertion.

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Dave Abrahams
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