Re: [Boost-users] [shared_ptr] Using a custom delete function that is a class member function

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [shared_ptr] Using a custom delete function that is a class member function
From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-10 12:22:37

Ryan McConnehey wrote:
> Steven Watanabe wrote:
>> Check you parentheses.  The two uses of bind/mem_fun are not the
>> same.
> Sorry, the line should read as follows.
>
> *itor = bus(new unsigned short(startValue++),
> boost::bind(boost::mem_fun(&CTNGenerator::makeCTNAvailable), this));

You need boost::bind( &CTNGenerator::makeCTNAvailable, this, _1 ). bind will 
automatically insert the mem_fn for you. Being a member function, 
makeCTNAvailable takes two arguments: the hidden 'this' and 'ctn'. _1 routes 
the pointer argument of the deleter into its proper position as 'ctn'.