From: Thorsten Ottosen (thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-25 06:35:46
Jeff Garland wrote:
> Robert Ramey wrote:
>>I want everyone to be successful using the library - even if they complain
>>that it requires them to write good code.
>
> ^^^^^^^^^
> IMO the current policy of the library actually forces me to write
> bad/ugly code because if I ever want to serialize something in a
> non-const context I have to force it to const artificially.
>
> This will be short because I know we've been over this point endlessly
> in the past, but I'll try one more time. Make a macro to control this
> behavior:
>
> BOOST_SERIALIZATION_CONST_STRICT
>
> or whatever. Make this optional. When someone posts an issue with an
> archive, tell them to recompile with this option turned on so that they
> can help find the problem. Then the rest of us can write normal code
> and the library will behave as expected. Less people will need to read
> the fine print of the library.
This is a grand idea.
> BTW, I suspect the decrease in bug reports might be a result of less
> folks being able to get "hello serialization" to compile and
> subsequently giving up on the library instead of the 'better' code that
> this 'enforces'.
Right. We want people to use the library, not scare them off.
-Thorsten