Re: [Boost-users] [serialization] char[] and double

From: Larry Smith (larry.i.smith_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-25 14:42:17

Peter Dimov wrote:
> Larry Smith wrote:
> 
>> I don't understand why the lib should care about the
>> data alignment of the struct's (packed versus unpacked).
> 
> The library doesn't; your compiler does, and it's wrong in this case. 
> char[8] requires no padding or alignment, so it should bind to char(&)[8] in 
> either mode. You might be able to use a reinterpret_cast to silence the 
> compiler. 

Yes, the problem is that the real struct's have int's, long's,
double's, and char[] members intermixed.  The existing Windows
code requires that the struct's remain packed (it's a long story
with roots in the original implemenation 15 years ago).

Thanks,
Larry