Re: [Boost-users] [serialisation]Portable Binary Archives

From: Hughes, James (jhughes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-27 12:36:00

> 
> > That's what I am looking for. We need to get the file sizes 
> down. We 
> > could use text (XML is great for debugging but too big for final 
> > release), but again that has its overheads. We generally don't use 
> > floating point so that may help us. The link I posted does have a 
> > portable implementation which I think uses IEEE754. I just 
> wondered if 
> > there was an official boost:serilisation version; obviously not!!
> 
> I don't think binary archives are going to be smaller than 
> the equivalent text archive.  native binary archives are 
> built for speed, text for portability, and xml to satisfy 
> those who feel they need it.
> 
> Robert Ramey
> 

Thanks for that comment on sizes Robert - will bring that to the table
when we next talk about serialisation here!!!!

James

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