Re: [Boost-users] [serialization] property_tree::ptree bpta back-end, json, forward (upward) compatibility

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [serialization] property_tree::ptree bpta back-end, json, forward (upward) compatibility
From: Sergey Spiridonov (sena_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-11-27 11:07:51

Hi

On Fri, 24 Nov 2017 19:07:25 +0100
Sergey Spiridonov via Boost-users <boost-users_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Sure, it must be possible to create a version of boost::archive::xml
> which will be also capable to keep upward compatibility without
> necessity to load things into the property_tree first. Binary and text
> archives must be extended with field names to allow field skipping.

There is already a patch[1] that allows to skip unkown fields in xml
archive. It is still not accepted.

https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/8088

Ticket was opened 5 year ago and there is no answer since that time. Is
serialization library still maintained?
-- 
Best regards, Sergey Spiridonov