id summary reporter owner description type status milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 2933 Serialization: Assertion in archive_pointer_oserializer.ipp failed. ( VC2005) Artur K. Robert Ramey I hope it's just my lack of knowledge that is the cause of this assertion, but I have reduced the test to pretty minimal example ( attached ) and it seems it 'should' work ? Bugs closed Boost 1.39.0 serialization Boost 1.38.0 Problem invalid