[Boost-users] Serialization library build problems

From: Dominick Layfield (dom.layfield_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-18 00:04:10

When I try to compile an application that uses the Boost serialization library,
I get some compilation errors that I don't understand.

I've taken the code, and trimmed it down to the simplest possible case that 
produces the same error.

Here's the code:

// Test of Boost serialization library
#include <sstream>
#include <boost/archive/text_oarchive.hpp>

class test_t {
public:
     int i;
     template <class Archive> void serialize(Archive& ar, const unsigned int 
version ) { ar & i; }
     test_t(int _i) : i(_i) {};
};

int main(void) {
   std::ostringstream oss;
   boost::archive::text_oarchive oa(oss);
   test_t test(1);
   oa << test;
   return 0;
}

When I compile this (gcc 4.1.2, Boost 1.33.1, under Fedora 7), I get the 
following error:

g++ serialization_test.cpp -l boost_serialization

/usr/include/boost/archive/detail/oserializer.hpp: In function ‘void 
boost::archive::save(Archive&, T&) [with Archive = 
boost::archive::text_oarchive, T = test_t]’:
/usr/include/boost/archive/basic_text_oarchive.hpp:78:   instantiated from ‘void 
boost::archive::basic_text_oarchive<Archive>::save_override(T&, int) [with T = 
test_t, Archive = boost::archive::text_oarchive]’
/usr/include/boost/archive/detail/interface_oarchive.hpp:78:   instantiated from 
‘Archive& boost::archive::detail::interface_oarchive<Archive>::operator<<(T&) 
[with T = test_t, Archive = boost::archive::text_oarchive]’
serialization_test.cpp:21:   instantiated from here
/usr/include/boost/archive/detail/oserializer.hpp:567: error: invalid 
application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘boost::STATIC_ASSERTION_FAILURE<false>’

Can someone explain to me WTF is going on?  That error makes absolutely no sense 
at all to me, and I'm at my wits end!

Thanks,

-- Dominick