Re: [Boost-users] [Boost.MPI] question about serializingcustomobject

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Boost.MPI] question about serializingcustomobject
From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-08-28 11:33:44

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On Aug 28, 2010, at 6:15 AM, Jeff Flinn <TriumphSprint2000_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> So what happens if the some data member that is a base class pointer gets modified to point to some other instance of a derived class? Doesn't that change the 'structure'?
Yes of course. However, many MPI applications never need to do that.
who-uses-oop-in-hpc-applications-anyway-ly y'rs
Dave