Re: [Boost-users] [serialization] Reading back old archives

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [serialization] Reading back old archives
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-25 23:55:12

David Raulo wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> Le 20 juil. 2010 à 00:24, Robert Ramey a écrit :
>
> I'd appreciate it if you or any one else want's to try the trunk
> and the fix_six program to verify that this actually addresses
> the issue and actually makes these broken archives readable.
>
> One could also verify that no information is lost when reading
> back the version #.  That is, internal to the library, the version
> has been left at int32 so that it can be detected as originally
> written.
>
>
>
> I confirm that I am now able to access the original version number.
> Thanks a lot for fixing this!

Thanks even more for testing this!.  If fact, if you can test this some
more and on other achives I would be very greatful.

> I will try the fix_six program on binary archives as soon as I can.
> Will this code be included in the 1.44 boost release?

YES

Robert Ramey