Re: Re: Using boost::function with VC6

From: Edward Diener (eddielee_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-07-14 13:50:21

"Phil Nash" <phil.nash.lists_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:002301c22b3f$270c5990$b937883e_at_TimeMachine...
> It does skim over it a bit, but it's there in the examples. Like I said I
> did it wrong the first time too, but it does make sense as you say.
>
> > However it doesn't work in VC6 if I change my member function to have
> 'void'
> > return and I change my boost::function signature to
> > boost::function3<void,int,int,int> bf; . Now I get:
> >
> > error C2562: '()' : 'void' function returning a value etc. What a PITA !
>
> Hmmm... I tried your example code (now I have access to my dev machine)
and
> it worked fine for me with a void function. You didn't forget to remove
the
> return statement (probably returning "a") from your method did you?
> It is true that VC++ 6 doesn't have void returns, but those clever chaps
who
> wrote boost::function worked around it so it works as it should :-)
> If you definitely did remove your return statement then post the full code
> again here for further inspection.

I tried it with Boost 1.28 and it worked but failed in Boost 1.26. Evidently
it was fixed between releases. Thanks for your help.