saving a class... binary style

[cozman]

if i was to output like this

class cRect{
     public:
         cRect(int x, int y, int w, int h);
         int x,y,w,h;
};

class sRect{ //or just struct sRect
      public:
         int x,y,w,h;
};
     
....

cRect cr;
sRect sr;

....

ofstream binout("file.dat",ios::out|ios::binary);
binout.write( (char*)&sRect, sizeof(sRect));
binout.write( (char*)&cRect, sizeof(cRect));

.... 

would these both do the same thing?? basically what i'm asking is if having methods affects the size of a class for these purposes.

if this worked couldn't i use sRect and cRect interchangably in I/O?

thanks in advance

[no-one]

>would these both do the same thing??

it should!

>basically what i'm asking is if having methods affects the size of a class for these purposes.

methods should absolutely add NO size to the class,
if they do get a nw compiler.

if thats what your asking.

>if this worked couldn't i use sRect and cRect interchangably in I/O?

theoritically yes.