libboost-serialization1.42-dev

Package contains libraries, required by other applications as dependencies. Do not install separately.

serialization library for C++
This package forms part of the Boost C++ Libraries collection,
containing the following functionalities:
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* proper restoration of pointers to shared data
* serialization of STL containers and other commonly used templates
* data portability - streams of bytes created on one platform should
be readable on any other
* archive interface must be rich enough to permit the creation of an
archive that presents serialized data as XML in a useful manner
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Here, "serialization" means the reversible deconstruction of an
arbitrary set of C++ data structures to a sequence of bytes.
archive: to refer to a specific rendering of this stream of bytes.