id summary reporter owner description type status milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 4981 Boost.Archive No Tracking does nothing jsternberg Robert Ramey "I see from a very old e-mail that the no_tracking option for archives was planned: http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2005/03/81549.php And then I can see work was stopped. The author of this e-mail says it was for ""multiple reasons he can't remember."" http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2006/04/103291.php This feature would be very helpful for those who need to serialize a pointer off the stack. The attached code sample introduces a situation where the no_tracking option would be helpful. Attached is a patch that enabled the use of boost::archive::no_tracking as a flag for the archive." Patches closed To Be Determined serialization Boost 1.45.0 Problem wontfix