Re: [Boost-users] [serialization] deserializing asynchronouslyserialized types

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [serialization] deserializing asynchronouslyserialized types
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-08-30 19:31:20

Andrew Hundt wrote:

> I could also serialize an index or custom headers indicating the next
> type to appear, I would prefer to avoid doing so.

Just use boost::variant.  Serialization is already implemented for it
and it effectively does the above.  It does a bunch of other stuff
as well which is likely useful for your application.

Robert Ramey