[Boost-users] boost::bind/boost::function and fast delegates

Subject: [Boost-users] boost::bind/boost::function and fast delegates
From: Littlefield, Tyler (tyler_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-01-21 14:22:23

hello all:
We have a project we're working on that will be distributed, and I 
didn't want to have to set boost as a dependency if we're only using 
boost::bind and boost::function. Given this, I had a couple steps.
First I thought I could possibly just copy out the code and modify it a 
bit, but it uses a ton of boost::preprocessor, so that'd require copying 
that out too. I'd rather not imbed half of boost in the project.
My other solution (and one I really like) was to write my own delegates.
I set to work on this and it's coming out good, but I have a couple 
questions.
I know you can assign function pointers to boost::function objects, 
though I've always done it through bind. I'm curious how this works though:
I have a normal function pointer set up and working right now, but how 
does boost::function take other pointers (say to static methods)?
Also I'm curious what boost::bind generates. I'd like to create my own 
version since I love using it to pass in arbitrary values/using 
placeholders, but the boost::function has to be able to take a newly 
constructed function object and bind to that from what I understand. The 
new function object somehow has it's arguments stored on the object so 
that the () operator can just pass those in.
Any help here would be appreciated.
Thanks,

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