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| <h2 align="center">History</h2> |
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| <li>26 Feb 2002 initial version uploaded to boost |
| <li>27 Feb 2002 |
| <ul> |
| <li>divide interface from implementation for class |
| serialization to permit compiliation on gcc |
| <li>improved template instantanciation for type templates |
| </ul> |
| <li>18 Mar 2002 - draft #2 uploaded to boost |
| <ul> |
| <li>elminated locale effects on archives |
| <li>added signature and library version to archive header |
| <li>improved detection of errors when objects are serializationed |
| as pointers and subsequently serializationed as objects |
| <li>permit non-portable binary archives |
| <li>implement work around for systems such as MSVC 6.0 that |
| don'tsupport partial ordering |
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| <li>16 May 2002 - draft #3 uploaded to boost |
| <ul> |
| <li>Ability to specify serialization of other templates in a |
| non-intrusive way. |
| <li>Included and example which uses boost::shared_ptr. |
| <li>improved documentation |
| <li>More test cases |
| <li>More testing and documentation of obscure situtations |
| <li>Better code organization for transparency |
| <li>Wide character support implemented and tested with unicode. |
| </ul> |
| <li>28 Jun 2002 - #4 library submission |
| <ul> |
| <li>minor corrections |
| <li>replaced erroneous shared_ptr example with std::auto_ptr example |
| <li>prevention of memory leaks when exceptions are invoked |
| </ul> |
| <li>30 Aug 2002 - #5 library submission |
| <ul> |
| <li>minor corrections |
| <li>Additions to documentation to explicitly address issues of |
| exception safety. |
| <li>More test cases/demos to illustrate handlling of the above issues. |
| <li>Additions to documentation to include rationale for not depending |
| on type_id |
| <li>Implementation of serialization of boost::shared_ptr. |
| This is included as a demo as it depends upon a minor alteration |
| of boost::shared_count. |
| </ul> |
| <li>08 Nov 2002 - #6 library submission |
| <ul> |
| <li>minor corrections |
| <li>corrected error which manifested itself when serializing |
| polymorphic pointers to obects derived from multiple |
| base classes |
| <li>minor adjustments to support plug-ins via virtual |
| save/load/version functions |
| <li>test cases to support the above |
| </ul> |
| <li>08 September 2003- version # 12 library submission |
| <ul> |
| <li>attempts to address all issues raised during the November 2002 review |
| </ul> |
| <li>November 2003 - draft #13 uploaded |
| <ul> |
| <li>corrections, enhancements, change in api for pointer overload |
| </ul> |
| <li>28 December 2003 |
| <ul> |
| <li>implementation of save/loadbinary |
| <li>enhancements included archives to permit derivation |
| </ul> |
| <li>1 March 2004 - draft # 17 upload |
| <ul> |
| <li>portability to intel 8.0, and VC 6.0 |
| <li>Alter archive implementation to permit derivation. Make tests. |
| <li>Implement serialize/save/load binary for text and XML archives |
| using <code>base64</code> character encoding. |
| <li>Added documentation and test for serialization of large binary objects. |
| <li>Added "Derivation from an Existing Archive Class" to documentation along |
| with example program. |
| <li>Added PIMPL example |
| <li>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. |
| <li>All tests have been run in release as well as debug mode |
| <li>Many improvements in code and documentation to improve accuracy and completeness. |
| </ul> |
| <li>11 April 2004 - draft # 18 upload |
| <ul> |
| <li>Reorganization of header and template files. |
| <li>Enhanced documentation to help explain implementation issues. |
| <li>Adjustments to improve support for less conformant compilers. |
| <li>A few bug fixes. |
| </ul> |
| <li>31 May 2004 - draft # 20 upload |
| <ul> |
| <li>Polymorphic archives. |
| <li>A few bug fixes. |
| </ul> |
| <li>1 November 2004 - final changes for first boost official release 1.32 . |
| <ul> |
| <li>Adjustments to address make package compatible with two-phase lookup. |
| <li>Many small adjustments to accomdate quirks of various compilers. |
| <li>A few bug fixes. |
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