Re: [boost] bind and __fastcall

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-04 12:12:40

Hugo Duncan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to use bind with __fastcall member funtion.
>
> Just including bind.hpp with BOOST_BIND_ENABLE_FASTCALL defined is
> giving compile
> errors on bcc 5.5 and cbuilder 6 with patch 4.
>
> Am I missing something, or is this broken?
>
> Hugo
>
>
> #define BOOST_BIND_ENABLE_FASTCALL
> #define BOOST_MEM_FN_ENABLE_FASTCALL
>
> #include "boost/bind.hpp"
>
>
> Error E2188 c:\usr\boost\boost/bind/bind_cc.hpp 17: Expression syntax

Seems like the compiler can't handle __fastcall (and __stdcall) function
pointers properly as required by bind.

__fastcall member functions appear to work, though, if you remove
BOOST_BIND_ENABLE_FASTCALL and leave only the BOOST_MEM_FN_ENABLE_FASTCALL
define.