Writing Classes to File

[Brad Anderson]

Jeremy wrote:
> Is there a way I can just write a whole class to a file?
> 
> For example, why can't I do:
> 
> file.writeExact(someClass, someClass.sizeof);
> 
> This seems to just write 4 bytes, which must be the pointer.
> 
> The compiler complains when I do this:
> 
> file.writeExact(*someClass, (*someClass).sizeof);
> 
> Saying that '*' is only used infront of pointers -- but aren't class always
> represented with pointers?
> 
> Anyway, I want to save a class to file, so I can load it back. I was hoping
> there was a way to do this without having to write/read each element of the
> class seperately.
> 
> 

Would Mango's pickling mechanism work here?

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BA