Using Boost.Function with functions that decay into function pointers

From: Darin Adler (darin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-09-18 17:29:40

This program fails to compile with Metrowerks CodeWarrior 7.0 and the latest
boost from cvs:

    #include <boost/function.hpp>

    namespace { void empty_function() { } }

    int main()
    {
        boost::function<void> f(empty_function);
    }

It seems that I need to say &empty_function, not just empty_function. Is
this an intentional features of Boost.Function? A bug in Boost.Function? A
bug in the Metrowerks compiler or standard library?

    -- Darin