serialization: fix infinite loops and clean up dispatching

Resolves #8687

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/serialization/debug_archive.h b/src/serialization/debug_archive.h
index 479ed0cac..b05cd773e 100644
--- a/src/serialization/debug_archive.h
+++ b/src/serialization/debug_archive.h
@@ -42,14 +42,12 @@ struct debug_archive : public json_archive<W> {
 };
 
 template <class T>
-struct serializer<debug_archive<true>, T>
+static inline bool do_serialize(debug_archive<true> &ar, T &v)
 {
-  static void serialize(debug_archive<true> &ar, T &v)
-  {
     ar.begin_object();
     ar.tag(variant_serialization_traits<debug_archive<true>, T>::get_tag());
-    serializer<json_archive<true>, T>::serialize(ar, v);
+    do_serialize(static_cast<json_archive<true>&>(ar), v);
     ar.end_object();
     ar.stream() << std::endl;
-  }
-};
+    return true;
+}