Re: [Boost-users] cross-platfrom binary serialization?

From: Pfligersdorffer, Christian (Christian.Pfligersdorffer_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-09-02 10:57:23

Robert on Monday, August 25, 2008 7:04 PM:

> This should make it apparent why I've never wanted to make a
> "portable binary archive" but left it as a demo or example.
> There is now way I could do this without making choice what
> some people would view as not being what they envision a
> "portable binary archive" to be.  This would leave me with a
> life time task of defending these choices forever on this and
> other lists.

I think I understand now... the issue is a boiling pot :) I'm counting
50 replies to the topic already and there's no concensus. I do not think
I want to be the one who tries to satisfy everybody. That's a daunting
task...

This is boon and bane of the boost libraries.

Regards,

-- 
Christian Pfligersdorffer
Software Engineering
http://www.eos.info