Re: [Boost-users] Why doesn't boost::function use get_pointer() ?

AMDG Peter Soetens wrote:

When using boost::bind, I can write this:

struct X { void foo(int) {} };

shared_ptr<X> x( new X ); // bind takes shared_ptr: bind(&X::foo, x, 3)();

But I can't write this:

function<void(X*,int)> foo = &X::foo; // function refuses shared_ptr: foo(x,1);

Why doesn't boost::function have the same get_pointer() trick ?

Overload resolution for calling a boost::function is exactly the same as for calling a function with that signature. shared_ptr<X> is not convertible to X*, so the call fails.

Or how can I rewrite the function signature such that it does work with shared pointers ?

function<void(const shared_ptr<X>&, int)> foo; In Christ, Steven Watanabe