Re: [Vxl-maintainers] Re: [Vxl-users] vgl_xio and vnl_xio additions

[Gehua Y. <ya...@rp...>]

I would love to have either XML or simple text (or both) serialization 
capability in VXL.  But I have a question as the discussion progresses:  
Do we want to have a generalized serialization or not? 

Generalized serialization is, in terms of the concept, similar to what 
BOOST has implemented in its serialization library. (see 
http://www.boost.org/libs/serialization/doc/index.html )
In BOOST, an "archive" can be binary, XML, or readable text.  The object 
to be serialized does not need to know which type of the archives is 
being used.  In VXL, could we or do we want to take the same approach?

I am aware that VXL community has decided not to bring in BOOST (yet).   
But which direction to take, i.e., a more generalized approach, or only 
to have XML/text specific implementation, is worth some attention.

Gary