Re: [Boost-users] [Serialization] A few questions about boost::serialization

From: Tim St. Clair (timothysc_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-04 09:43:36

>>>> Comments Below.

On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 3:48 AM, <Sebastian.Karlsson_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm considering using boost::serialization but have a few questions which I
> would love to get answered.
>
> 1) In the overview section performance is nowhere to be seen as a goal,
> which for my use case is very important. If I were to use the binary
> archive, how well would it perform in comparsion to a hand crafted optimized
> serialization aproach?

>>>> When I compared a bruit stupid << stream overload >> method of
serialization it was about 2-2.5 times faster the serialization.  I firmly
believe that I loose performance to increase flexibility, and depending on
your requirements this may or may not be acceptable.

> I've seen in the examples that strings seems to be used to identify data,
> won't this create a large overhead for both deserilzation and storage?

>>>> This depends on your implementation.  It's your choice on how you wish
to "chunk" your data.

>
> 2) I saw the thread about the reason for boost::any not being serializable.
> But I don't really care about portability, so in that case, is it possible
> to implement a non intrusive serialization aproach to boost::any? Would
> really appreciate some little snippet for that if that is the case. If
> that's not possible my last option would naturally be to make an intrusive
> implementation, I see no obvious aproach here since I can't make a virtual
> template function, so I'm kind of hoping someone could push me in the right
> direction if it comes to this.
>

>>>> Someone else would have to chime in here, but you may want to take a
look at tuple serialization examples.

> Besides this I can only say that the library have a very slick interface
> and I really dig the design :)
>
> // Sebastian Karlsson
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Regards,
Timothy St. Clair
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