Re: [Boost-users] [Serialization] assertion failure on exit

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Serialization] assertion failure on exit
From: Emil Dotchevski (emil_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-09 12:47:20

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Kenny Riddile <kfriddile_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Ah, well I finally happened across this link:
> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_37_0/libs/serialization/doc/special.html#export
>
> which contains the blurb:
>
> "Also, when making shared libraries, there is currently a restriction that
> only one such library can use BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT for any given type. All
> this will most likely make it inconvenient to include BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT as
> part of the header of the class to be serialized. So, the best way to use
> BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT is to include it in the same module which implements the
> class."
>
> Are there any plans to remove this restriction somehow in the future?

As Robert pointed out, BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT relies on platform-specific
hacks to work, but note that you *can* use boost.serialization without
BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT.

Emil Dotchevski
Reverge Studios, Inc.
http://www.revergestudios.com/reblog/index.php?n=ReCode