Re: Using Boost.Function with functions that decay into function pointers

From: Gennadiy E. Rozental (rogeeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-09-18 18:57:19

Just info:

I know that, for example, HPUX aCC will require & ahead of function 
name always when you need pointer to function variable, while MSVC 
does not.

Gennadiy.

--- In boost_at_y..., Darin Adler <darin_at_b...> wrote:
> 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