assertion_failed when using Boost Serialization with xml_oarchive

boost, boost-serialization, c++

Solution

As described in the source code of boost serialization:

// Anything not an attribute and not a name-value pair is an
// error and should be trapped here.
template<class T>
void save_override(T & t, BOOST_PFTO int)
{
    // If your program fails to compile here, its most likely due to
    // not specifying an nvp wrapper around the variable to
    // be serialized.
    BOOST_MPL_ASSERT((serialization::is_wrapper< T >));
    this->detail_common_oarchive::save_override(t, 0);
}

You likely do not use it with your Test object:

Test test;
ar << BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(test);

Problem

When compiling a simple test of Boost Serialization: ``` class Test { protected: int Num; friend class boost::serialization::access; template <class Archive> void serialize(Archive & ar, const unsigned int version) { ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(Num); } public: Test(): Num(0) {} ~Test() {} }; ``` using an xml_oarchive for output, I am experiencing the following GCC error: ``` C:\Development\Libraries\boost_1_55_0\boost\mpl\assert.hpp|289|error: no matching function for call to 'assertion_failed(mpl_::failed************ boost::serialization::is_wrapper<Test>::************)'| ``` When using other oarchive types, it compiles and runs fine. All the research I have done pointed me to using the `BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP` macro to solve the error, but I am already doing that and I still get this error. Has anyone experienced this same issue?

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