[boost] Re: bind question/request

From: Larry Evans (cppljevans_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-05-01 13:49:58

Andreas Huber wrote:
[snip]
>>This would obviously be handled better with a map of some sort (has to map
>>int to function). The problem here is that some functions have more
>>arguments than others, precluding the possibility of uniform type for the
>>function value of the map. I cannot just go and change the function sig to
>>include dummy values ('cause it's a dumb idea). This situation made me think
>>of boost.function/boost.bind, which allows to effectively shorten the
>>function parameter list by binding some of the args.
I admit I'm not familiar with this, but another method used to simulate
a virtual function table with different arg lists was discussed in
comp.std.c++ under subjects headings:

From: brangdon_at_[hidden] (Dave Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
Subject: Re: Proposal for Interfaces (version 3.0)
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 16:59:05 +0000 (UTC)

From: dave_at_[hidden] (David Abrahams)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
Subject: Re: Proposal: interfaces [repost]
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 01:53:05 +0000 (UTC)