Re: [Boost-users] unchain_ptr functionality?

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-12-23 07:51:50

Alo Sarv wrote:

[...]

> Basically I'm looking for syntax like this:
> 
> template<typename T>
> void process(T t) {
>  unchain_ptr(t).foo();
> }
> struct X { void foo() {} };
> X *x = new X;
> process(x);
> process(&x);
> process(*x);
> process(boost::shared_ptr<X>(x));
> // etc
> 
> Is there such an utility in Boost libraries?

mem_fn comes to mind:

template<typename T> void process(T t)
{
    mem_fn( &X::foo )( t );
}

It's not exactly the same, though.