On 20/02/07, Peter Dimov <pdimov@mmltd.net> wrote:

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No, boost::bind( f, x, y... ) stores copies of f, x and y. Use ref(h) to
make it store a reference. See the last paragraph of

http://boost.org/libs/bind/bind.html#with_functions

You might also consider using shared_ptr<holder> unless you have the
lifetime issues already figured out.

I remember seeing ref used before. Now I know why. Thanks for the doc pointer. And you're right about the shared_ptr, which I'm using (in a roundabout way) in the real code.

Thanks for the reply.

Darren