Re: [Boost-users] Boost::bind: compiling error from sample code in book

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost::bind: compiling error from sample code in book
From: Björn Karlsson (Bjorn.Karlsson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-09-02 13:12:11

Hello,

> I am testing the following sample code on page 264 of  the book "Beyond
> the C++ Standard Library" and got an error msg: "result_type' : is not
> a member of '`global namespace'' from MSVC 2008 Pro compiler. Can
> anyone point out what is wrong with it? Thanks.
>     std::for_each(m.begin(), m.end(),
>         boost::bind(&print_size(), boost::ref(std::cout), _1));

That should read:

  std::for_each(m.begin(), m.end(),
    boost::bind(print_size(), boost::ref(std::cout), _1));

In your code there's an ampersand before print_size() that shouldn't be there. Did it really look like that in the book?

Cheers,
Bjorn Karlsson
www.skeletonsoftware.net