Re: [Boost-users] serialization basic question

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] serialization basic question
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-10-14 01:59:22

Luis A. Montes wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to use the serialization library and was having a compile
> error using MSVC 2005. So I decided to try and compile "A Very Simple
> Case" from the tutorial, and that of course works. But then I noticed
> that the example serializes a const object, that sort of is rather
> useless, so I removed the const specifier, and I got the same error
> that I was getting with my program, namely:
> warning C4099:
> 'boost::serialization::static_warning_impl<false>::STATIC_WARNING' :
> type name first seen using 'struct' now seen using 'class'
>
> I went googling for an answer and I found that I should look at the
> rationale on the docs, but the rationale
> (http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_47_0/libs/serialization/doc/rationale.html)
> doesn't seem at all relevant.

This is the best explanation I can give to address the issue with "const".
Even if you don't buy the explanation, it's easy to avoid by using
a const_cast.

Robert Ramey