[Boost-users] [type_traits] data pointers and function pointers

Subject: [Boost-users] [type_traits] data pointers and function pointers
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-14 19:12:34

It is difficult in some places in the type_traits documentation to tell 
when the documentation mentions "pointer" whether this refers to data 
pointers, function pointers, member data pointers, and/or member 
function pointers. I assume that if the documentation just refers to 
"pointer" that it should mean all of the above. But here goes:

1) Does the 'remove_pointer' refer to all of the above ? The examples 
are only for a single one of the above, a data pointer.

2) The 'is_pointer' doc does say it excludes pointer to members by which 
I assume this means both member data and member functions. Is there any 
way to tell whether a pointer is a function pointer or a data pointer by 
using type_traits since 'is_pointer' includes both ?