From: Matthias Troyer (troyer_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-17 01:47:42
On Nov 16, 2005, at 11:36 PM, Caleb Epstein wrote:
> On 11/16/05, Matthew Vogt <mattvogt_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>> Matthias Troyer wrote:
>>
>> I actually have a portable binary archive based on XDR format, but it
>>> works only on UNIX operating systems, and that's why I have not
>>> submitted it to Boost.
>>
>> Just out of interest, why is the method used platform-specific?
>
>
> I'm guessing that Matthias' implementation uses the standard xdr_*
> functions
> (see man 3 xdr) to do the dirty work. I doubt these are available on
> Windows. Matthias?
Indeed, that's what I did, but we already have an idea for a nice
portable native C++ implementation. It is just a matter of finding
time now.
Matthias