Re: [boost] [function_types] is there an equivalent for functors?

Subject: Re: [boost] [function_types] is there an equivalent for functors?
From: Sohail Somani (sohail_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-05 15:52:35

On 10-07-05 2:33 PM, Edd Dawson wrote:
>
> Actually, I don't strictly *need* such a facility, but it would my
> little library a bit nicer to use e.g.
>
> connect(slider, SIGNAL(valueChanged(int)), bind(&on_slide, ref(value),
> _1)));
> vs.
> connectx<void (int)>(slider, SIGNAL(valueChanged(int)),
>                               bind(&on_slide, ref(value), _1));
>
> (it's for connecting Qt signals to functions/functors without going
> through the extra bother of the moc step at build time).

A comment in this post on my blog has a good generic solution:

 
http://uint32t.blogspot.com/2008/11/using-boost-bind-and-boost-function.html

The only issue with it as far as I can see is that it requires exact 
type matches. Would love to see you take that further :) It essentially 
mimics what moc would generate.

Sohail

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