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

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-10 19:36:45

Peter Dimov wrote:
> 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?

Another use case... If you make two versions of a product, one a 
demo/trial and another the full release. One person makes a data file in 
the release version and sends it to a friend who has the demo. There 
happens to be a feature not available in the demo which has an impact on 
the data format.

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