[Boost-users] [Boost.Serialization] Questions about the New Release of Boost.Serialization 1.36

From: Marc Viala Perso (marc.viala_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-01-05 10:23:28

Hello,

 

This mail is about Boost.Serialization and more specifically the new release
of this library, tagged as 1.36, which can be found via the link:
www.rrsd.com <http://www.rrsd.com/> ; I've found this link into a specific
thread about Serialization and multi-threading. 

 

Last week, I've downloaded this new release and tested it in my environment
- Windows XP and Visual C++ 7.1.6030; the compilation was done against
Boost.1.34.1 trunk and was running with success but I've noticed that some,
"not all", old binary archives generated w/ Boost.Serialization 1.34.1 can't
be restored with this new version of Boost.Serialization. When I compare the
binary files with a file binary comparison software utility it seems that
the binary formats between these two versions are not comparables. 

 

I would like to know if this behaviour is "normal": i.e. the binary formats
between 1.34.1 and 1.36 are not strictly equivalent and that an old binary
archive can be declare "not compatible" w/ the 1.36 release. Is this right?
Furthermore, is it possible to have the same behaviour w/ an XML or Text
Archive format? Could we guarantee a sort of compatibility in the future?
And more generally speaking, what is the policy for insuring compatibility
between new releases of Boost.Serialization?

 

Best regards,

 

Marc VIALA