Re: [Boost-users] function object wrapper problem

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-29 15:26:17

Okko Willeboordse wrote:

> So I do
>
> class some_class
> {
> public:
>    template <class T>
>    some_class(const boost::function1<T*, short*>& get_member)

Why not just

    template<class F> some_class( F f );

?

boost::function<> is useful when you have to capture an arbitrary function 
object in a fixed type. Since your boost::function<> above is templated on 
T, it has a variable type, so you can just use the function object argument 
as-is.