Re: [boost] Re: Callbacks Again

From: Greg Colvin (gcolvin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-11-19 15:16:50

From: Kevlin Henney <kevlin_at_[hidden]>
> ...
> 
> What finally convinced me of dropping the UDC on any was that any was a
> combination of things. One of which was safety over convenience, and the
> other is that the UDC is very much a smart pointer usage, which any
> categorically is not.
> 
> For function smart pointers, the case is slightly different. For a
> start, there is a strong and justified expectation that they look and
> feel like pointers, including -- often -- conversion semantics.

I didn't think pointer to function converted to pointer to void anyway.