I thought understood what boost::reference_wrapper was all about, and in the context
<div>of, say Boost.Bind, it seems pretty clear.</div><div><br></div><div>But why would you define a function to RETURN a reference_wrapper? eg</div><div><br></div><div>template &lt;class T&gt; struct X</div><div>{</div><div>

     std::pair&lt;boost::reference_wrapper&lt;T&gt;, unsigned&gt; getSomething(....) const;</div><div>};</div><div><br></div><div>I suspect I&#39;m having a &#39;doh&#39; moment here!</div><div><br></div><div>Thx,</div><div>

<br></div><div>- Rob.</div>