[Boost-users] boost::bind for returning a reference?

From: Paul (elegant_dice_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-08-02 01:29:47

Hi all,

I understand why boost::bind() must return a const-reference or a value, but 
what I don't understand is, why must I do boost::bind<R&>(...) if I want it to 
return by reference?

Why must I (the user) deduce the return type myself?

Can't we have a boost::bind_return_reference(...) function that is the 
equivalent of boost::bind<R&>(...), so I don't have to do all the hard result_of 
type deduction manually?

cheers
Paul