Re: [Boost-users] [Boost.Serialization] Questions about the New Releaseof Boost.Serialization 1.36

From: Matthias Troyer (troyer_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-01-06 09:15:37

On 6 Jan 2008, at 05:37, Mahesh Venkitachalam wrote:

>
>
> On Jan 5, 2008 11:16 PM, Robert Ramey <ramey_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Format for binary archives has changed starting in 1.35.  My guess  
> is that the changes should should be made conditional on the library  
> version.  I didn't make these changes but I'll see that its looked  
> into.
>
>
> Could you please elaborate on this a bit?
>
> I am currently using boost 1.34.0, and am using binary archives. If  
> we release
> software now that generates binary archives, and at a later stage,  
> if we upgrade the
> boost version, will we not be able to read back the old binary  
> archives? How do we
> ensure that on upgrading boost we can still read back old binary  
> archives?

Actually as far as I can see the format should not have changed. Could  
you please send examples that show a difference?

Matthias