Re: [boost] boost::ref simple question

From: Doug Gregor (dgregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-10 10:58:27

On Nov 10, 2004, at 9:50 AM, Peter Dimov wrote:

> Doug Gregor wrote:
>> On Nov 9, 2004, at 6:45 AM, Michiel Salters wrote:
>>> The boost::function template works with boost::ref according to the
>>> docs,
>>> so try boost::function< int ( int ) > ( boost::ref( Op() ) )
>> Or boost::bind:
>>   boost::bind(boost::ref(Op()), _1, _2)
>> boost::ref should actually do this on its own (according to Library
>> TR1), but the code to do so is languishing in the sandbox.
>
> What needs to be done in order to promote the sandbox ref into a boost 
> ref?

Dealing with broken compilers, mostly. IIRC, the code is usable and 
mostly correct (the TR has changed slightly, so it is likely 
out-of-sync w.r.t. member pointers and such), but we can't have 
reference_wrapper barfing on all the compilers that don't support its 
tricks.

        Doug