[boost] Re: indirecter_unary, indirecter_binary

From: Matthias Kaeppler (nospam_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-06 17:42:25

Pavel Chikulaev wrote:
> "Matthias Kaeppler" <nospam_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
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> 
>>>But I can do it with Boost::Bind:
>>>    std::sort(vec.begin(), vec.end(), boost::bind(std::less<int>(), *_1, 
>>>*_2));
>>
>>This looks new to me. What exactly does this do? Sort the container of 
>>pointers by applying std::less to the pointees?
>>
>>
>>>Boost::Bind's solution is much better that yours, because it constists
>>>indirector_unary, indirector_binary, indirector_ternary and so on.
> 
> 
> Read boost::bind documentation http://www.boost.org/libs/bind/bind.html.
> 
> Pavel Chikulaev 
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That doesn't work for me.

std::sort(vec.begin(), vec.end(), boost::bind(std::less<int>(), *_1, *_2));

deref.cpp:154: error: no match for 'operator*' in '*<unnamed>::_1'
deref.cpp:154: error: no match for 'operator*' in '*<unnamed>::_2'

Am I missing something?

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Matthias Kaeppler