Re: [Boost-users] [Serialization] load_binary/save_binary purpose

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-31 01:11:35

This function does exactly what it says.  It appends/retrieves raw data 
to/from the archive.

This can be used for various purpose.  Here are some examples.

a) binary_archive implements the serialization of primitive types through 
this interface.
b) suppose you retrieved some binary data from source - like an image
in a format you don't care about - and wanted to store it in archive
to be retrieved later.  You could load/save binary to do this.

Robert Ramey