Re: [boost] boost bind/functional/reference wrapper/mem_fn

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-30 15:36:24

From: "Yitzhak Sapir" <ysapir_at_[hidden]>
> What I meant was, could boost::bind(some_stl_func, _1, _2) be used to
> create a fwding function?

No, because bind cannot access the defaults for some_stl_func. Of course you
can supply the defaults yourself but then you are back to nonportability
land.

I don't know whether this is a practical issue. Has anyone encountered a
standard library function with such a signature?