How to use std::ostream and std::istream binary mode

Original Post

Jan 26, 2012 at 10:42 PM

I'm trying to write a save/serialization system for my game, and I want to be able to serialize in binary mode. How can I do that? I know how to create binary ifstream and ofstream objects. Is it possible to do the same with regular ostream and istream?

rip-off

Jan 26, 2012 at 11:26 PM

The "binary" flag just means that newlines aren't translated to the platform specific sequence during output. You can use istream::read() and ostream::write() to serialize byte data.

wood_brian

Jan 30, 2012 at 5:36 PM

I'm trying to write a save/serialization system for my game, and I want to be able to serialize in binary mode. How can I do that?

The C++ Middleware Writer can help with this and is often more efficient than another approach --
http://webEbenezer.net/comparison.html .

Brian
Ebenezer Enterprises
http://webEbenezer.net

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