Re: [boost] function.hpp: some ideas

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-05-03 10:48:57

From: "Geurt Vos" <G.Vos_at_[hidden]>

> BTW, about bind, I haven't really looked into it all,
> but how 'complex' is it going to be? Consider the
> following example:
>
> class C {
> public:
>     void Func(int,int,int);
> };
>
> int main()
> {
>     C c;
>     boost::function<void,int,int> f;
>     f = boost::bind<1>(&C::Func,c,100);
>     f(1,2); // will call C::Func(1,100,2)
> }
>
> Can bind do this or similar or is it too much?

The current "bind" in lambda can (AFAIK) do this, although the syntax is a
bit different:

bind(&C::Func, c, free1, 100, free2);

My favorite syntax for this is

bind(&C::Func, c, _, 100, _);

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Peter Dimov
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