msgpack C++ implementation: How to pack binary data?
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I am making use of C++ msgpack implementation. I have hit a roadblock as to how to pack binary data. In terms of binary data I have a buffer of the following type:

    unsigned char* data;

The **data** variable points to an array which is actually an image. What I want to do is pack this using msgpack. There seems to be no example of how to actually pack binary data. From the [format specification][1] raw bytes are supported, but I am not sure how to make use of the functionality.

I tried using a vector of character pointers like the following:

    msgpack::sbuffer temp_sbuffer;
    std::vector<char*> vec;
    msgpack::pack(temp_sbuffer, vec);

But this results in a compiler error since there is no function template for **T=std::vector<char *>**.

I have also simply tried the following:

    msgpack::pack(temp_sbuffer, "Hello");

But this also results in a compilation error (i.e. no function template for **T=const char [6]**

Thus, I was hoping someone could give me advice on how to use msgpack C++ to pack binary data represented as a **char** array.
 
  [1]: http://wiki.msgpack.org/display/MSGPACK/Format+specification