Re: [Boost-users] [serialization] When do I need to overload operators

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [serialization] When do I need to overload operators
From: Jeff Flinn (TriumphSprint2000_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-09-19 10:27:50

Sean Farrow wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> In trhe demo.cpp file in the Serialization examples, the << and >> 
> operators are made friends of the gps_position class and are overridden. 
> In what circumstances do I need to override these operators and when can 
> I get away with just writing a Serialize template function.

Serialization only involves the serialize template methods. The 
insertion/extraction operator overloads are only used in the example to 
be able to print the states to the console for you to verify that 
serialization worked properly.

Jeff