Noting the shared_buffer dependency

cliffg-softwarelibre · cliffg-softwarelibre · commit 4051e011242d · 2025-04-22T19:24:59.000-06:00
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ project ( binary_serialize
 add_library ( binary_serialize INTERFACE )
 add_library ( chops::binary_serialize ALIAS binary_serialize )
 
+# dependencies needed for main library
+
+include ( cmake/download_cpm.cmake )
+CPMAddPackage ( "gh:connectivecpp/shared-buffer@1.0.4" )
+
 # configure library target
 
 target_include_directories ( binary_serialize INTERFACE
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ The generated Doxygen documentation for `binary_serialize` is [here](https://con
 
 ## Library Dependencies
 
-The `binary_serialize` header files do not have any third-party dependencies. It uses C++ standard library headers only. The unit test code does have dependencies as noted below.
+The [`shared_buffer`](https://github.com/connectivecpp/shared-buffer) library from Connective C++ is a dependency, providing reference counted `std::byte` buffers, but only as a default template argument for certain serialization functions.
 
 ## C++ Standard
 
diff --git a/include/serialize/binary_serialize.hpp b/include/serialize/binary_serialize.hpp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
  *
  * @author Cliff Green
  *
- * @copyright (c) 2019-2024 by Cliff Green
+ * @copyright (c) 2019-2025 by Cliff Green
  *
  * Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 
  * (See accompanying file LICENSE.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

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`106`	`106`	`*`
`107`	`107`	`* @author Cliff Green`
`108`	`108`	`*`
`109`		`- * @copyright (c) 2019-2024 by Cliff Green`
	`109`	`+ * @copyright (c) 2019-2025 by Cliff Green`
`110`	`110`	`*`
`111`	`111`	`* Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.`
`112`	`112`	`* (See accompanying file LICENSE.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)`