[Boost-users] Serialization issues with 1.34.0 and 1.34.1

From: ben.carlyle_at_[hidden]
Date: 2007-08-02 01:02:56

I tried to raise a bug with trac, but my request was rejected as possible 
spam. I am currently using the 1.32.0 boost library, but would like to get 
away from it. One of the main features I am using is boost::serialization. 
There are some problems with serialization in 1.32.0, in particular that 
shared_ptr needs to have the "serialization" header included before the 
real header. The mechanim for handling serialization of shared_ptr is also 
a problem. Bitset support is also missing.

I was hoping to pick up 1.34.0, and have since also made an attempt to use 
1.34.1. However, both of these revision appear to have regressions against 
the 1.32.0 versions. Here is the first bug report I attempted to submit

== bug 1: boost/serialization/optional doesn't include necessary headers 
==

The following function refers to version<T>::value without an include of 
boost/serialization/version.hpp, resulting in user code that won't 
compile. It is possible to work around this problem by including 
boost/serialization/version.hpp before including 
boost/serialization/optional.hpp. I did not require a work-around with 
boost 1.32.0, but both 1.34.0 and 1.34.1 appear to need the work-around.

{{{
template<class Archive, class T>
void save(
    Archive & ar, 
    const boost::optional<T> & t, 
    const unsigned int /*version*/
)
}}}

== bug 2: Archive headers missing multiple(?) include files ==

Here is my test program:

#include <boost/archive/binary_iarchive.hpp>
#include <boost/archive/binary_oarchive.hpp>
#include <boost/archive/xml_iarchive.hpp>
#include <boost/archive/xml_oarchive.hpp>

int main(void)
{
        return 0;
}

Here are the first few lines of gcc output:

../boost/boost/boost/archive/basic_binary_iprimitive.hpp:72: error: ISO 
C++ forbids declaration of ‘scoped_ptr’ with no type
../boost/boost/boost/archive/basic_binary_iprimitive.hpp:72: error: 
invalid use of ‘::’
../boost/boost/boost/archive/basic_binary_iprimitive.hpp:72: error: 
expected ‘;’ before ‘<’ token
../boost/boost/boost/archive/basic_binary_iprimitive.hpp:73: error: ISO 
C++ forbids declaration of ‘basic_streambuf_locale_saver’ with no type
../boost/boost/boost/archive/basic_binary_iprimitive.hpp:73: error: 
expected ‘;’ before ‘<’ token
../boost/boost/boost/archive/basic_binary_iprimitive.hpp: In member 
function ‘void 
boost::archive::boost::archive::basic_binary_iprimitive<Archive, Elem, Tr>
::load_binary(void*, size_t)’:
../boost/boost/boost/archive/basic_binary_iprimitive.hpp:150: error: 
‘throw_exception’ is not a member of ‘boost::archive::boost’

It looks to my untrained eye that there could be several includes missing, 
or perhaps some circular including going on.

==

This second bug hits pretty early in my build process, so I would not be 
surprised if there were additional problems down the line. I am using an 
ubuntu 7.04 distribution, gcc 4.1.2, etc.

Benjamin.