Re: [Boost-users] mpi/serialization: broadcast function and the value argument

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] mpi/serialization: broadcast function and the value argument
From: Matthias Troyer (troyer_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-12-09 09:39:32

On Dec 8, 2010, at 5:50 PM, Hicham Mouline wrote:

> Following a suggestion from another thread, I have tried broadcasting in a polymorphic way.
>  
> I have a hierarchy of polymorphic struct (they have 2 virtual functions). I was wondering if it was possible/allowed to
>  
> root process:
> base* b;  /// b points to an actual derived struct but may also point the base struct (not abstract)
> broadcast( ..., b, ...);
>  
> slave processes:
> base* b;
> broadcast( ..., b, ...);  /// broadcast constructs the appropriate struct and makes b point to where it did that
>  
> assuming all the conditions for pointer to class conditions are satisfied for the serialization library.
> 

If serialization works on your polymorphic class then this should work as well.

Matthias