[boost] Re: Nasty bug in Boost 1.32.0 bind

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-02 22:56:14

Sean Parent wrote:
> The version of bind() for pointers to data members no longer returns a 
> const & - rather it returns a copy (the correct code appears right at 
> the bottom of bind.hpp but is commented out). This just blew my whole 
> day to hunt it down - I had a bind function attached to a boost function 
> object at it was returning a reference to a copy on the stack with not 
> so much as a peep from the compiler!
> 
> I've got a couple more minor bugs in the latest release I'll pass on 
> shortly to Dave.

Don't pass these on to me, pass them to the boost mailing list.  I am 
not the maintainer of that library and can't respond nearly as usefully 
as the person who is.

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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