Re: [Boost-users] list serialization with boost

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] list serialization with boost
From: Brian Wood (woodbrian77_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-11-22 15:42:31

Krzysztof Czainski:

>2012/11/22 Olivier Austina <olivier.austina_at_[hidden]>
>
>> Hello,
>> I am a newbie of boost and I want to use it. I would like to serialize a
>> list. The list is defined with the following data type:
>>
>> typedef struct person {
>> char *name;
>> char *first_name;
>> struct person *next;
>> } person;
>>
>> person *list_person;
>>
>
> I'd suggest reorganizing your struct into struct person { std::string
> first_name; } and useing std::list<person> list. Then serializing and >
other operations would probably be trivial.
Shalom

Another option would be an intrusive list --
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_52_0/doc/html/intrusive.html
.
The serialization library in Boost doesn't provide support
for intrusive containers, but the C++ Middleware Writer --
http://webEbenezer.net
has support for intrusive list and rbtree.

If you use std::list, the C++ Middleware Writer has
some advantages --
http://webEbenezer.net/comparison.html
over the serialization library in Boost.  (There are
serialization and deserialization tests with std::list
there.)

-- 
Brian
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