Re: [Boost-users] problem with serialization of pure virtual

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-28 11:40:04

> void Sensor::send(const SENSOR_Event *event){
> ...
> // serialize to string
>    std::stringstream s;
>    boost::archive::text_oarchive oa(s);
>    //SENSOR_Event tmp = *event;
      const SENSOR_Event tmp = *event;
>    oa << tmp;
>    std::string p = s.str();
> ...
> }
>

Note that the above change will fix the "problem" .  The following would
be much better:

void Sensor::send(const SENSOR_Event * const event){
 // serialize to string
    std::stringstream s;
    boost::archive::text_oarchive oa(s);
    oa << event;
    std::string p = s.str();
}