[Boost-users] boost::serialization - portable_binary_oarchive - What are the first 2 bytes?

From: j.c. (jolix_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-18 13:01:33

     const packet_base test1;
     packet_base test2;

     std::stringstream ss;
     {
         portable_binary_oarchive pboa(ss);
         pboa << test1;

         std::cout << "str: " << ss.str() << " size: " <<  
ss.str().size() <<
         std::endl;
     }
     {
         portable_binary_iarchive pbia(ss);
         pbia >> test2;

         std::cout << "str: " << ss.str() << " size: " <<  
ss.str().size() <<
         std::endl;
     }

     std::stringstream ss_out;
     // These are either 2 x 8 byte integers or 1 x 16 byte integer,  
prob the later. Are they signed or unsigned, etc???
     ss_out << ss.str()[0];
     ss_out << ss.str()[1];

     std::cout << "str: " << ss_out.str() << " size: " <<  
ss_out.str().size() <<
     std::endl;

     assert(test1 == test2);