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Make tests. 102 <li>Implement serialize/save/load binary for text and XML archives 103 using <code>base64</code> character encoding. 104 <li>Added documentation and test for serialization of large binary objects. 105 <li>Added "Derivation from an Existing Archive Class" to documentation along 106 with example program. 107 <li>Added PIMPL example 108 <li>certain special situations are now detected and addressed at 109 compile time to generate all in-line code. For example, for types 110 serialized without class information, and without memory tracking, 111 the serialization process can be reduced to a minimal amount of inline 112 code. 113 <li>All tests have been run in release as well as debug mode 114 <li>Many improvements in code and documentation to improve accuracy and completeness. 115 </ul> 116 <li>11 April 2004 - draft # 18 upload 117 <ul> 118 <li>Reorganization of header and template files. 119 <li>Enhanced documentation to help explain implementation issues. 120 <li>Adjustments to improve support for less conformant compilers. 121 <li>A few bug fixes. 122 </ul> 123 <li>31 May 2004 - draft # 20 upload 124 <ul> 125 <li>Polymorphic archives. 126 <li>A few bug fixes. 127 </ul> 128 <li>1 November 2004 - final changes for first boost official release 1.32 . 129 <ul> 130 <li>Adjustments to address package compatible with two-phase lookup. 131 <li>Many small adjustments to accommodate quirks of various compilers. 132 <li>A few bug fixes. 133 </ul> 134</ol> 135<hr> 136<p><i>© Copyright <a href="http://www.rrsd.com">Robert Ramey</a> 2002-2004. 137Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 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