Re: [boost] shared_ptr and ->*

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-07-09 14:14:55

From: "David B. Held" <dheld_at_[hidden]>
>     // I don't think I can use boost::function here because it will miss
>     // the __fastcall decoration which is part of how these functions
>     // are declared.
>     template <typename T,
>         T (__fastcall TRegistry::*ReadValue)(AnsiString const),
>         void (__fastcall TRegistry::*WriteValue)(AnsiString const, T)>
>     class TOptionBase
>     {
[...]
>         T const&        Read(void)
>         {
>             return Value_ = (Registry_.get()->*ReadValue)(Name_);
>             // Now, I could just as easily call:
>             // return Value_ = boost::bind(ReadValue, Registry_)(Name_);
>             // Except I don't think that's quite as readable, personally,
>             // and unfortunately, bcc doesn't like it.
>         }

An operator->* would probably fail here, too, unless it's specifically made
to recognize __fastcall member pointers. bind currently knows about
__stdcall but not __fastcall. get() is your best bet. :-)