From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-08 16:15:28
signatureAll the above discussion is really a discussion about what the assignment of an object that has a const member means. Well, in C++, it really doesn't make sense and I agree.
That's why I believe there's some tiny piece missing from the serialization library. We should also be able to unserialize instances through a factory that returns an actual object rather than having to use operator>>.
Here's some code showing this idea that works along with the previous example.
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I don't think this adds anytihing of value.
Robert Ramey