1 files changed, 51 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/src/serialization/binary_archive.h b/src/serialization/binary_archive.h
index baa6707db..56c94684e 100644
--- a/src/serialization/binary_archive.h
+++ b/src/serialization/binary_archive.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 // 
 // Parts of this file are originally copyright (c) 2012-2013 The Cryptonote developers
 
-/* binary_archive.h
+/*! \file binary_archive.h
  *
  * Portable (low-endian) binary archive */
 #pragma once
@@ -41,11 +41,20 @@
 #include "common/varint.h"
 #include "warnings.h"
 
-PUSH_WARNINGS
-DISABLE_VS_WARNINGS(4244)
+/* I have no clue what these lines means */
+PUSH_WARNINGS;
+DISABLE_VS_WARNINGS(4244);
 
 //TODO: fix size_t warning in x32 platform
 
+/*! \struct binary_archive_base
+ *
+ * \brief base for the binary archive type
+ * 
+ * \detailed It isn't used outside of this file, which its only
+ * purpse is to define the functions used for the binary_archive. Its
+ * a header, basically. I think it was declared simply to save typing...
+ */
 template <class Stream, bool IsSaving>
 struct binary_archive_base
 {
@@ -56,23 +65,39 @@ struct binary_archive_base
   typedef uint8_t variant_tag_type;
 
   explicit binary_archive_base(stream_type &s) : stream_(s) { }
-
+  
+  /* definition of standard API functions */
   void tag(const char *) { }
   void begin_object() { }
   void end_object() { }
   void begin_variant() { }
   void end_variant() { }
-  stream_type &stream() { return stream_; }
+  /* I just want to leave a comment saying how this line really shows
+     flaws in the ownership model of many OOP languages, that is all. */
+  stream_type &stream() { return stream_; } 
+
 protected:
   stream_type &stream_;
 };
 
+/* \struct binary_archive
+ *
+ * \brief the actualy binary archive type
+ *
+ * \detailed The boolean template argument /a W is the is_saving
+ * parameter for binary_archive_base.
+ *
+ * The is_saving parameter says whether the archive is being read from
+ * (false) or written to (true)
+ */
 template <bool W>
 struct binary_archive;
 
+
 template <>
 struct binary_archive<false> : public binary_archive_base<std::istream, false>
 {
+
   explicit binary_archive(stream_type &s) : base_type(s) {
     stream_type::streampos pos = stream_.tellg();
     stream_.seekg(0, std::ios_base::end);
@@ -86,6 +111,10 @@ struct binary_archive<false> : public binary_archive_base<std::istream, false>
     serialize_uint(*(typename boost::make_unsigned<T>::type *)&v);
   }
 
+  /*! \fn serialize_uint
+   *
+   * \brief serializes an unsigned integer
+   */
   template <class T>
   void serialize_uint(T &v, size_t width = sizeof(T))
   {
@@ -96,13 +125,17 @@ struct binary_archive<false> : public binary_archive_base<std::istream, false>
       char c;
       stream_.get(c);
       T b = (unsigned char)c;
-      ret += (b << shift);
+      ret += (b << shift);	// can this be changed to OR, i think it can.
       shift += 8;
     }
     v = ret;
   }
-  void serialize_blob(void *buf, size_t len, const char *delimiter="") { stream_.read((char *)buf, len); }
-
+  
+  void serialize_blob(void *buf, size_t len, const char *delimiter="")
+  {
+    stream_.read((char *)buf, len);
+  }
+  
   template <class T>
   void serialize_varint(T &v)
   {
@@ -115,17 +148,18 @@ struct binary_archive<false> : public binary_archive_base<std::istream, false>
     typedef std::istreambuf_iterator<char> it;
     tools::read_varint(it(stream_), it(), v); // XXX handle failure
   }
+
   void begin_array(size_t &s)
   {
     serialize_varint(s);
   }
-  void begin_array() { }
 
+  void begin_array() { }
   void delimit_array() { }
   void end_array() { }
 
-  void begin_string(const char *delimiter="\"") { }
-  void end_string(const char *delimiter="\"") { }
+  void begin_string(const char *delimiter /*="\""*/) { }
+  void end_string(const char *delimiter   /*="\""*/) { }
 
   void read_variant_tag(variant_tag_type &t) {
     serialize_int(t);
@@ -157,12 +191,14 @@ struct binary_archive<true> : public binary_archive_base<std::ostream, true>
   {
     for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(T); i++) {
       stream_.put((char)(v & 0xff));
-      if (1 < sizeof(T)) {
-        v >>= 8;
-      }
+      if (1 < sizeof(T)) v >>= 8;
     }
   }
-  void serialize_blob(void *buf, size_t len, const char *delimiter="") { stream_.write((char *)buf, len); }
+
+  void serialize_blob(void *buf, size_t len, const char *delimiter="")
+  {
+    stream_.write((char *)buf, len);
+  }
 
   template <class T>
   void serialize_varint(T &v)