Re: [Boost-users] [serialization] skipping data

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-10 19:27:41

Joel de Guzman wrote:
> Peter Dimov wrote:
> 
>> I can't help but wonder: if some parts of your v1 format are so
>> completely redundant as to allow you to reconstruct the original
>> data even if you skip them, what was the point of writing them in
>> the first place? 
> 
> Here's one scenario (I'm sure there are others): Your class uses a
> 3rd party library called Y. Later, you decide to replace it with
> a better engine using a library called Z.

Still not getting it. Do you have an example?