1 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/archive.h b/src/archive.h
index b5477bb..dfaf327 100644
--- a/src/archive.h
+++ b/src/archive.h
@@ -120,8 +120,28 @@ namespace Bu
                 virtual Archive &operator&&(double &);
                 virtual Archive &operator&&(long double &);
 
+                /**
+                 * For storage, get an ID for the pointer to the object you're going to
+                 * write.
+                 */
                 uint32_t getID( const void *ptr );
+
+                /**
+                 * For loading.  Assosiates an empty pointer with an id.  When you wind
+                 * up loading an id reference to a pointer for an object that may or
+                 * may not have loaded yet, call this with the id, if it has been loaded
+                 * already, you'll immediately get a pointer, if not, it will write one
+                 * for you when the time comes.
+                 */
                 void assocPtrID( void **ptr, uint32_t id );
+
+                /**
+                 * For loading.  Call this when you load an object that other things may
+                 * have pointers to.  It will assosiate every pointer that's been
+                 * registered with assocPtrID to the pointer passed in, and id passed
+                 * in.  It will also set things up so future calls to assocPtrID will
+                 * automatically succeed immediately.
+                 */
                 void readID( const void *ptr, uint32_t id );
 
         private:
@@ -134,7 +154,7 @@ namespace Bu
         Archive &operator<<(Archive &, class Bu::Archival &);
         Archive &operator>>(Archive &, class Bu::Archival &);
         //Archive &operator&&(Archive &s, class Bu::Archival &p);
-
+        
         Archive &operator<<(Archive &, std::string &);
         Archive &operator>>(Archive &, std::string &);
         //Archive &operator&&(Archive &, std::string &);
@@ -178,6 +198,9 @@ namespace Bu
 
                 return ar;
         }
+        
+        Archive &operator<<(Archive &, class Bu::Archival *p);
+        Archive &operator>>(Archive &, class Bu::Archival *p);
 
         template<typename key, typename value>
         Archive &operator<<( Archive &ar, Hash<key,value> &h )