Hi, the following code doesn't compile: ---8<--- #include <iostream> #include <boost/function.hpp> #include <boost/bind.hpp> using namespace std; using namespace boost; struct foo { function<void ( const string& )> fn; }; struct bar { foo& m_f; bar(foo& f) : m_f( f ) { m_f.fn = bind( bar::write, this); // L20 } void write( const string& s ) { cout << s; } }; int main() { foo f; bar b( f ); f.fn( "Hello\n" ); } --->8--- class foo (object f) gets called with the string argument and shall delegate the call to the write function of bar. Writing bind( bar::write, this, _1) doesn't make things better. Here the error message: $ LANG=en g++ callback.cpp -o callback callback.cpp: In constructor 'bar::bar(foo&)': callback.cpp:20: error: no matching function for call to 'bind(<unresolved overloaded function type>, bar* const)' /usr/include/boost/bind.hpp:1383: note: candidates are: boost::_bi::bind_t<boost::_bi::unspecified, F, typename boost::_bi::list_av_1<A1>::type> boost::bind(F, A1) [with F = void (bar::*)(const std::string&), A1 = bar*] /usr/include/boost/bind.hpp:1628: note: boost::_bi::bind_t<typename boost::_bi::dm_result<M T::*, A1>::type, boost::_mfi::dm<M, T>, typename boost::_bi::list_av_1<A1>::type> boost::bind(M T::*, A1) [with A1 = bar*, M = void ()(const std::string&), T = bar] Thanks for help, Olaf