commit babaa35f51d8b009eba762bc50a5290906b4b0ca
Author: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu Jan 26 20:15:19 2017 +0000

    Replace boost::serialization::detail::get_data function.

diff --git a/include/boost/mpi/detail/mpi_datatype_primitive.hpp b/include/boost/mpi/detail/mpi_datatype_primitive.hpp
index c230055..b95fc38 100644
--- a/include/boost/mpi/detail/mpi_datatype_primitive.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/mpi/detail/mpi_datatype_primitive.hpp
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ namespace std{
 #include <boost/assert.hpp>
 #include <boost/mpl/placeholders.hpp>
 #include <boost/serialization/array.hpp>
-#include <boost/serialization/detail/get_data.hpp>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <vector>
@@ -80,18 +79,18 @@ public:
        BOOST_MPI_CHECK_RESULT(MPI_Type_create_struct,
                     (
                       addresses.size(),
-                      boost::serialization::detail::get_data(lengths),
-                      boost::serialization::detail::get_data(addresses),
-                      boost::serialization::detail::get_data(types),
+                      get_data(lengths),
+                      get_data(addresses),
+                      get_data(types),
                       &datatype_
                     ));
 #else
         BOOST_MPI_CHECK_RESULT(MPI_Type_struct,
                                (
                                 addresses.size(),
-                                boost::serialization::detail::get_data(lengths),
-                                boost::serialization::detail::get_data(addresses),
-                                boost::serialization::detail::get_data(types),
+                                get_data(lengths),
+                                get_data(addresses),
+                                get_data(types),
                                 &datatype_
                                 ));
 #endif
@@ -129,6 +128,12 @@ private:
       lengths.push_back(l);
     }
 
+    template <class T>
+    static T* get_data(std::vector<T>& v)
+    {
+      return v.empty() ? 0 : &(v[0]);
+    }
+
     std::vector<MPI_Aint> addresses;
     std::vector<MPI_Datatype> types;
     std::vector<int> lengths;
diff --git a/include/boost/mpi/detail/packed_iprimitive.hpp b/include/boost/mpi/detail/packed_iprimitive.hpp
index 7080cbf..227dc8e 100644
--- a/include/boost/mpi/detail/packed_iprimitive.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/mpi/detail/packed_iprimitive.hpp
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <boost/mpi/exception.hpp>
 #include <boost/assert.hpp>
 #include <boost/serialization/array.hpp>
-#include <boost/serialization/detail/get_data.hpp>
 #include <vector>
 #include <boost/mpi/allocator.hpp>
 
@@ -104,7 +103,12 @@ private:
     void load_impl(void * p, MPI_Datatype t, int l)
     {
       BOOST_MPI_CHECK_RESULT(MPI_Unpack,
-        (const_cast<char*>(boost::serialization::detail::get_data(buffer_)), buffer_.size(), &position, p, l, t, comm));
+        (get_data(buffer_), buffer_.size(), &position, p, l, t, comm));
+    }
+
+    static buffer_type::value_type* get_data(buffer_type& b)
+    {
+      return b.empty() ? 0 : &(b[0]);
     }
 
     buffer_type & buffer_;
diff --git a/include/boost/mpi/detail/packed_oprimitive.hpp b/include/boost/mpi/detail/packed_oprimitive.hpp
index fbcde9a..3c81a70 100644
--- a/include/boost/mpi/detail/packed_oprimitive.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/mpi/detail/packed_oprimitive.hpp
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 #include <boost/mpi/datatype.hpp>
 #include <boost/mpi/exception.hpp>
-#include <boost/serialization/detail/get_data.hpp>
 #include <boost/serialization/array.hpp>
 #include <boost/assert.hpp>
 #include <vector>
@@ -103,13 +102,18 @@ private:
 
       // pack the data into the buffer
       BOOST_MPI_CHECK_RESULT(MPI_Pack,
-      (const_cast<void*>(p), l, t, boost::serialization::detail::get_data(buffer_), buffer_.size(), &position, comm));
+      (const_cast<void*>(p), l, t, get_data(buffer_), buffer_.size(), &position, comm));
       // reduce the buffer size if needed
       BOOST_ASSERT(std::size_t(position) <= buffer_.size());
       if (std::size_t(position) < buffer_.size())
           buffer_.resize(position);
     }
 
+    static buffer_type::value_type* get_data(buffer_type& b)
+    {
+      return b.empty() ? 0 : &(b[0]);
+    }
+
   buffer_type& buffer_;
   mutable std::size_t size_;
   MPI_Comm comm;