Re: [Boost-users] Problems with char* serialization

From: Ariel Brunetto (abrunetto_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-10 14:03:20

First of all, thank to everyone you for the help.
What actually I want to do is to serialize large floats arrays, float* not
std::vector, but I could evaluate to use std::vector instead of float*.

Thanks a lot!
Ariel

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Christian Widmer <cwidmer_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> Hi Ariel,
>
>
> if you want to use char* to deal with text, I'd recommend to use
> std::string instead, if you're interested in an array, you might want to
> consider using a std::vector. If you can't do this for some reason,
> here's some code which serializes a DREAL* (DREAL=double) and should
> work similarly for char*:
>
>
>    friend class boost::serialization::access;
>    template<class Archive>
>    void save(Archive & ar, const unsigned int version) const
>    {
>      ar & num_labels;
>      for (int i=0; i < num_labels; ++i)
>      {
>        ar & labels[i];
>      }
>    }
>
>    template<class Archive>
>    void load(Archive & ar, const unsigned int version)
>    {
>
>      ar & num_labels;
>      if (num_labels > 0)
>      {
>        labels = new DREAL[num_labels];
>        for (int i=0; i< num_labels; ++i)
>        {
>          ar & labels[i];
>        }
>
>      }
>    }
>
>    BOOST_SERIALIZATION_SPLIT_MEMBER();
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
>
> Ariel Brunetto wrote:
> > Yes, but I am trying to serialize a char*, not a const char*. Is it
> > possible?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Ariel
> > On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 4:17 AM, Igor R. <igor_rubinov_at_[hidden]
> > <mailto:igor_rubinov_at_[hidden]>> wrote:
> >
> >         > Sorry, but I dont understand. The documentation says that I
> >         can serialize a pointer to a Serializable type such as a
> >         primitive type. Is this true?
> >
> >         Yes, but in case of pointer to const char your primitive type
> >         is const char.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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