Re: [Boost-users] [serialization] How do I unit-test serialization?

Look at how the serialization test suite works. libs/serialization/test/... Robert Ramey Daryle Walker wrote:

Do I just serialize to a memory buffer, then serialize from the same buffer, and then compare the source and destination objects?

that's mostly what we do. Should

I use a text format (plain and/or XML) with a string-stream source/ sink so I can check by reading? Should I make up a string of a text archive and have my routine try reading it?

That would be more work. Robert Ramey