Re: [Boost-users] [Range] and [MemberFunction]

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Range] and [MemberFunction]
From: Philipp Moeller (philipp.moeller_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-03-13 14:07:28

Robert Jones <robertgbjones_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Philipp Moeller <
> philipp.moeller_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>>
>> I don't know Boost.MemberFunction and couldn't find any documentation
>> for it, could you provide a link?
>>
>> But from what I can gather in your message, boost::mem_fn seems to be
>> exactly this:
>>
>>  for_each( xs.begin( ), xs.end( ), boost::mem_fn(& X::method) );
>>
>> Granted, it is not exactly what you want, but gets very close.
>>
>>
> You're there already mem_fn is called 'Member Function' in the front page
> list.
>
> It is exactly the boost::mem_fn syntactic noise I was seeking to avoid.
>
> - R.
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You can overload functions to accept functors and member functions, but
then you end up with abominations like: http://codepad.org/vqyTp2Ar

But I'm not sure if I haven't missed anything subtle in this for_each.

HTH,
Philipp Moeller