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

From: Mahesh Venkitachalam (mkvenkit.vc_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-01-06 10:59:27

On Jan 6, 2008 7:45 PM, Matthias Troyer <troyer_at_[hidden]> wrote:

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> On 6 Jan 2008, at 05:37, Mahesh Venkitachalam wrote:
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> On Jan 5, 2008 11:16 PM, Robert Ramey <ramey_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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> >  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.
> >
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> Could you please elaborate on this a bit?
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> 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
>

I am yet to use anything but 1.34.0. The original poster of this thread,
Marc Viala, is the one
who noticed a change - perhaps he will post an example?

Thanks

Mahesh