range-v3 VS cereal

Compare range-v3 vs cereal and see what are their differences.

range-v3

Range library for C++14/17/20, basis for C++20's std::ranges (by ericniebler)

cereal

A C++11 library for serialization (by USCiLab)
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range-v3 cereal
19 13
3,992 3,968
- 1.1%
4.4 1.3
18 days ago 28 days ago
C++ C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
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range-v3

Posts with mentions or reviews of range-v3. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-07.
  • Why are strings and IO so complicated?
    13 projects | /r/cpp | 7 Dec 2023
    std::ranges is in c++20, but you can pull in the library it was based on if you use 17 (https://github.com/ericniebler/range-v3)
  • What are some of the ways to make a super nasty nested loop become clean?
    2 projects | /r/cpp | 7 Apr 2023
    In C++23, there will be std::views::cartesian_product. It is already available in the range-v3 library, the one that the standard is based on.
  • Function composition in modern C++
    3 projects | /r/cpp | 5 Mar 2023
    /** * @brief Forwards value equivalent to the std::forward. * * Using cast instead of std::forward to avoid template instantiation. Used by * Eric Niebler in range library. * * @see https://github.com/ericniebler/range-v3 */
  • PocketPy: A Lightweight(~5000 LOC) Python Implementation in C++17
    8 projects | /r/cpp | 6 Feb 2023
  • what annoys you most while using c++?
    5 projects | /r/cpp | 28 Aug 2022
    It contains very little functionality compared to the Eric Niebler’s reference implementation for my liking. Especially views. This will undoubtedly change in the future. But the point is moot, because they are not really supported the is no other option for now other than https://github.com/ericniebler/range-v3.
  • C++20 Ranges Algorithms – 7 Non-Modifying Operations
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Apr 2022
    range-v3 is a great library allowing you to bridge the gap: https://github.com/ericniebler/range-v3
  • CXXIter: A chainable c++20 LINQ-like iterator library
    5 projects | /r/cpp | 3 Jan 2022
    [range-v3](https://github.com/ericniebler/range-v3) which std::ranges was based on has the `to>()` which as far as I know is expected to get into c++23 :)
  • CPPItertools: Implementation Of Python's Itertools For C++
    2 projects | /r/cpp | 29 Nov 2021
    And here is getlines view in range-v3: https://github.com/ericniebler/range-v3/blob/master/include/range/v3/view/getlines.hpp
  • Retiring boost from my codebase
    11 projects | /r/cpp | 29 Jul 2021
  • What's up with C++ ranges?
    6 projects | /r/cpp | 23 Jul 2021
    // Must call the below range pipeline to produce a string on an lvalue. Since // we end the pipeline with to_string everything is evaluated here, so no // lifetime issue. auto rows = this -> rows_iter(); namespace rv = ranges::views; // See dynamic width https://fmt.dev/7.1.3/syntax.html#format-examples return rows | rv::transform([elem_delim, width](const auto& row) { // For every row return rv::all(row) // For each row | rv::transform([width](const auto& elem) { // Format each element with padding return fmt::format("{:>{}}", elem, width); }) // Can't use views::join because views::transform returns a // temporary. // Can't use actions::join as it doesn't support a delimiter // https://github.com/ericniebler/range-v3/issues/1406 // views::intersperse and actions::join works // // Add delimiters, combine into one string for the row | rv::intersperse(std::string{elem_delim}) | ranges::actions::join; }) | rv::cache1 | rv::join(row_delim) | ranges::to();

cereal

Posts with mentions or reviews of cereal. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-19.
  • Ser20, a C++20 fork of cereal
    3 projects | /r/cpp | 19 Dec 2022
    Where? Do you happen to have a pointer? Github has version 1.3.2 from February.
    3 projects | /r/cpp | 19 Dec 2022
  • Added reflection to C++ just to make my game work.
    2 projects | /r/gamedev | 27 Oct 2022
    I'd stick with cereal for serialization
  • Cereal Pack - a C++ schema serialization library
    4 projects | /r/cpp | 24 Jun 2022
  • Is there any good binary serializer & deserializer for C / C++?
    5 projects | /r/cpp_questions | 4 Jun 2022
  • Pataro II: Pataro Harder
    3 projects | dev.to | 13 Nov 2021
    Today I'm back to working on Pataro, the roguelike built on libtcod that made up much of my Hacktoberfest efforts. I had been assigned to an issue requesting the addition of serialization and deserialization, but unfortunately ran out of time and wasn't able to finish the former or start the latter. I ran into issues with Cereal, and had a hard time figuring out the structure of the program and how to go about implementing serialization for all the relevant components. At the end of that attempt I mentioned that if I were to try again I'd start by testing out Cereal separately and getting a handle on that before trying to implement it in Pataro - so that's what I'm doing today.
  • Hacktoberfest 5
    7 projects | dev.to | 4 Nov 2021
    I am once again working on Pataro today, and I've succeeded in clearing up some issues and creating new ones. I've been stuck on an issue where Visual Studio was raising errors in the portion of the code where I call the cereal archive on some types, but was able to clear up that issue by moving the save function definitions out of their respective headers and into the corresponding .cpp files. Examining this repo and its use of cereal again, I was able to get a bit clearer of an idea of how it's implemented, and I included just about every relevant cereal header I could find to try and avoid any issues like the previous one popping up again (with the intention of later removing whichever I can to avoid redundant inclusions).
  • Hacktoberfest 4
    6 projects | dev.to | 2 Nov 2021
    On the Pataro front, I've started looking at other examples of people using cereal for their games. It seems to be a popular choice for roguelike games like this, so hopefully I can figure out both the syntax problems I'm facing, as well as logical ones like how the program should be structured to have all the necessary data properly serialized and deserialized.
  • Hacktoberfest 3
    4 projects | dev.to | 1 Nov 2021
    Progress on one front but roadblocks on another. After my post yesterday outlining my plans to add serialization to Pataro I ran into some issues with calling the archive class in cereal wherein the call wouldn't go through due to an incorrect number of arguments. This happened with both vector and size_t data members, and I'm still investigating why.
  • Binary serialization library for at least C++17?
    6 projects | /r/cpp_questions | 10 Oct 2021
    This is the simplest serialization library I saw. You only need to add one method to your class and you can stream it to desired archive. It supports binary as well as json, XML and others. https://github.com/USCiLab/cereal

What are some alternatives?

When comparing range-v3 and cereal you can also consider the following projects:

Protobuf - Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format

Boost.Serialization - Boost.org serialization module

FlatBuffers - FlatBuffers: Memory Efficient Serialization Library

MessagePack - MessagePack implementation for C and C++ / msgpack.org[C/C++]

Magic Enum C++ - Static reflection for enums (to string, from string, iteration) for modern C++, work with any enum type without any macro or boilerplate code

Bitsery - Your binary serialization library

json - JSON for Modern C++

cista - Cista is a simple, high-performance, zero-copy C++ serialization & reflection library.

Cap'n Proto - Cap'n Proto serialization/RPC system - core tools and C++ library

protobuf-c - Protocol Buffers implementation in C

smf - Fastest RPC in the west

SBE - Simple Binary Encoding (SBE) - High Performance Message Codec