Re: [boost] int vs int32_t [was: Serialiization Review repost withconsistent quoting]

[Matthias Troyer]

On Saturday, November 30, 2002, at 02:06 AM, David Abrahams wrote:

Matthias Troyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

In any case the library user should be reminded that short, int and
long are never portable

Of course they are perfectly portable!

I don't understand how you mean that. If sizeof(long) on one platform id larger than sizeof(long) on another platform, then not all numbers serialized from a long on the one machine can be read on the other.

but that by using int*_t and appropriate archive formats one can
achieve portable serialization.

I think that's a terribly intrusive restriction to place on user code.

It seems that most users prefer the "standard " types short, int and long and can live with that decision.

Best regards,

Matthias

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