[boost] Re: having a variable act as a function call

Noel Yap <Noel.Yap@morganstanley.com> writes:

I'd like to have a variable act as a function call. For example:

Foo& getFoo();

foo; // really calls getFoo

Is there a boost way to do this?

There's not even a C++ way to do it. If you have the luxury of assigning foo to another variable or passing it to a function, you can use implicit conversion operators to force a function call at that point. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com