Re: [Boost-users] [Serialization] Questions / Comments

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Serialization] Questions / Comments
From: Rutger ter Borg (rutger_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-07-17 02:37:26

Robert Ramey wrote:

> The word "parser" is a red flag in this context.  The "grammar" of
> an archive is determined by the C++ data structure being serialized.
> This is the source of it's power and simplicity of usage.
> The idea of an independently defined "grammar" conflicts with the
> concept and implemenation of the serialization library in a fundamental
> way.

Out of curiosity, why is this a red flag, given that "archives are not 
streams"?

Kind regards,

Rutger ter Borg