I have read threads about this and tried to follow the solutions but I still compile time errors: i'm using vs2003.net and i get this problem with g++3.4.2 using namespace boost::lambda; boost::lambda::placeholder1_type Arg; typedef pair<set<string>::iterator,bool>(set<string>::*INSERT)(const string&); std::vector<string> v; set<string> str_con; INSERT insert_func = &set<string>::insert; for_each( v.begin(), v.end(), bind( insert_func, str_con, Arg)); p:\Vendor\boost-1.33.1\boost\lambda\detail\actions.hpp(96): error C2665: 'boost::lambda::function_adaptor<boost::lambda::return_type_N<boost::lambda::function_action<3>,boost::lambda::lambda_functor_base<boost::lambda::action<3,boost::lambda::function_action<3>
,boost::tuples::tuple<const boost::lambda::detail::bind_traits<const INSERT>::type,const boost::lambda::detail::bind_traits<const set<string> ::type,const boost::lambda::detail::bind_traits<const boost::lambda::placeholder1_type>::type,boost::lambda::detail::bind_traits<boost::tuples::null_type>::type,boost::lambda::detail::bind_traits<boost::tuples::null_type>::type,boost::lambda::detail::bind_traits<boost::tuples::null_type>::type,boost::lambda::detail::bind_traits<boost::tuples::null_type>::type,boost::lambda::detail::bind_traits<boost::tuples::null_type>::type,boost::lambda::detail::bind_traits<boost::tuples::null_type>::type,boost::lambda::detail::bind_traits<boost::tuples::null_type>::type> ::sig<boost::tuples::tuple<const allocator<string>::value_type &> ::rets_t>::plain_Func>::apply': none of the 2 overloads can convert parameter 2 from type 'const rt1'
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