Hi, I was trying to use boost function/bind to bind the first argument of a member function that takes two arguments, when I got into a compilation error that I can't quite decipher or understand, below is a sample representation of the problem, and then there's the compilation error, am I doing something incorrectly here? I have tried removing the boost::mem_fn instantiation with no difference. #include <boost/function.hpp> #include <boost/bind.hpp> #include <boost/mem_fn.hpp> #include <iostream> using namespace std; using namespace boost; class my_class { public: void test(bool b) { cout << "got " << b << endl; } private: }; int main() { my_class c; boost::function1<void, bool> test_fn; boost::bind(&my_class::test, &c, _2); /* causes a compilation error */ test_fn = boost::bind<void>(boost::mem_fn(&my_class::test), &c, _2); /* works fine */ test_fn = bind1st(mem_fun(&my_class::test), &c); test_fn(true); test_fn(false); return 0; } /usr/boost/include/boost/bind/arg.hpp: In constructor 'boost::arg<I>::arg(const T&) [with T = boost::arg<2> ()(), int I = 1]': /usr/boost/include/boost/bind.hpp:292: instantiated from 'void boost::_bi::list2<A1, A2>::operator()(boost::_bi::type<void>, F&, A&, int) [with F = boost::_mfi::mf1<void, my_class, bool>, A = boost::_bi::list1<bool&>, A1 = boost::_bi::value<my_class*>, A2 = boost::arg<2>]' /usr/boost/include/boost/bind/bind_template.hpp:32: instantiated from 'typename boost::_bi::result_traits<R, F>::type boost::_bi::bind_t<R, F, L>::operator()(A1&) [with A1 = bool, R = void, F = boost::_mfi::mf1<void, my_class, bool>, L = boost::_bi::list2<boost::_bi::value<my_class*>, boost::arg<2> >]' /usr/boost/include/boost/function/function_template.hpp:152: instantiated from 'static void boost::detail::function::void_function_obj_invoker1<FunctionObj, R, T0>::invoke(boost::detail::function::function_buffer&, T0) [with FunctionObj = boost::_bi::bind_t<void, boost::_mfi::mf1<void, my_class, bool>, boost::_bi::list2<boost::_bi::value<my_class*>, boost::arg<2> > >, R = void, T0 = bool]' /usr/boost/include/boost/function/function_template.hpp:904: instantiated from 'void boost::function1<R, T1>::assign_to(Functor) [with Functor = boost::_bi::bind_t<void, boost::_mfi::mf1<void, my_class, bool>, boost::_bi::list2<boost::_bi::value<my_class*>, boost::arg<2> > >, R = void, T0 = bool]' /usr/boost/include/boost/function/function_template.hpp:785: instantiated from 'typename boost::enable_if_c<boost::type_traits::ice_not<boost::is_integral<Functor>::value>::value, boost::function1<R, T1>&>::type boost::function1<R, T1>::operator=(Functor) [with Functor = boost::_bi::bind_t<void, boost::_mfi::mf1<void, my_class, bool>, boost::_bi::list2<boost::_bi::value<my_class*>, boost::arg<2> > >, R = void, T0 = bool]' test.cpp:28: instantiated from here /usr/boost/include/boost/bind/arg.hpp:37: error: creating array with negative size ('-0x00000000000000001') Regards, Ahmed