Re: [boost] function/bind ideas

From: George A. Heintzelman (georgeh_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-28 14:51:25

> Finally, I thought it might be cute if data member pointers would be treated
> as accessor functions by function/bind/mem_fn. Just a crazy idea...

Not so crazy. I've thought about trying to do this myself. Rather than 
modify bind, I have used locally a mem_data(ptr-to-data-member) functor 
which creates such an accessor function. Making bind auto-recognize 
this like it does for mem_fn, IMHO, would be just fine. The only real 
issue is that you really do want con

I've found this very useful, since often the best uses for bind are 
when the data structure is a quick little internally-used struct, POD 
or nearly so, and the struct-writers haven't supplied accessor 
functions; adding them just clutters the interface. And writing them as 
free functions is tedious. So, it would be a worthwhile addition to 
function and bind.

George Heintzelman
georgeh_at_[hidden]