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Serialization

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1. 26 Feb 2002 initial version uploaded to boost
2. 27 Feb 2002

• divide interface from implementation for class serialization to permit compilation on gcc
• improved template instantantation for type templates

3. 18 Mar 2002 - draft #2 uploaded to boost

• elminated locale effects on archives
• added signature and library version to archive header
• improved detection of errors when objects are serialized as pointers and subsequently serialized as objects
• permit non-portable binary archives
• implement workaround for systems such as MSVC 6.0 that don't support partial ordering

4. 16 May 2002 - draft #3 uploaded to boost

• Ability to specify serialization of other templates in a non-intrusive way.
• Included an example which uses boost::shared_ptr.
• improved documentation
• More test cases
• More testing and documentation of obscure situtations
• Better code organization for transparency
• Wide character support implemented and tested with unicode.

5. 28 Jun 2002 - #4 library submission

• minor corrections
• replaced erroneous shared_ptr example with std::auto_ptr example
• prevention of memory leaks when exceptions are invoked

6. 30 Aug 2002 - #5 library submission

• minor corrections
• Additions to documentation to explicitly address issues of exception safety.
• More test cases/demos to illustrate handling of the above issues.
• Additions to documentation to include rationale for not depending on type_id
• Implementation of serialization of boost::shared_ptr. This is included as a demo as it depends upon a minor alteration of boost::shared_count.

7. 08 Nov 2002 - #6 library submission

• minor corrections
• corrected error which manifested itself when serializing polymorphic pointers to obects derived from multiple base classes
• minor adjustments to support plug-ins via virtual save/load/version functions
• test cases to support the above

8. 08 September 2003- version # 12 library submission

• attempts to address all issues raised during the November 2002 review

9. November 2003 - draft #13 uploaded

• corrections, enhancements, change in api for pointer overload

10. 28 December 2003

• implementation of save/loadbinary
• enhancements included archives to permit derivation

11. 1 March 2004 - draft # 17 upload

• portability to intel 8.0, and VC 6.0
• Alter archive implementation to permit derivation. Make tests.
• Implement serialize/save/load binary for text and XML archives using base64 character encoding.
• Added documentation and test for serialization of large binary objects.
• Added "Derivation from an Existing Archive Class" to documentation along with example program.
• Added PIMPL example
• certain special situations are now detected and addressed at compile time to generate all in-line code. For example, for types serialized without class information, and without memory tracking, the serialization process can be reduced to a minimal amount of inline code.
• All tests have been run in release as well as debug mode
• Many improvements in code and documentation to improve accuracy and completeness.

12. 11 April 2004 - draft # 18 upload

• Reorganization of header and template files.
• Enhanced documentation to help explain implementation issues.
• Adjustments to improve support for less conformant compilers.
• A few bug fixes.

13. 31 May 2004 - draft # 20 upload

• Polymorphic archives.
• A few bug fixes.

14. 1 November 2004 - final changes for first boost official release 1.32 .

• Adjustments to address package compatible with two-phase lookup.
• Many small adjustments to accommodate quirks of various compilers.
• A few bug fixes.

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© Copyright Robert Ramey 2002-2004. Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE\_1\_0.txt)