RE: [boost] Pointers to functors with boost::function?

From: Yitzhak Sapir (yitzhaks_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-23 11:47:57

> There's also a technical reason. If raw pointers are 
> supported, smart pointers 
> of all shapes and kinds should also be supported. So we 
> either need more 
> traits (e.g., pointer_traits) to determine if an arbitrary 
> type is a pointer 
> vs. a function object, and eventually it's so much work for 
> the user that she 
> might as well just write ref(*this).

That makes sense.  Thanks.