id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc 3394,boost::mpi not able to pass strings with non-char element types,boost@…,Douglas Gregor,"The last two checkouts I installed both failed passing strings through boost::mpi communication methods when the element type was not char. The distributed hello_world.cpp shows this when the strings are changed to wide strings (attached). Making the responsible methods generic on the string's element type fixes it (patch attached). However, I assume this is supposed to be handled by boost::serialization.",Bugs,closed,Boost 1.41.0,mpi,Boost 1.40.0,Problem,worksforme,mpi string,