Re: [Boost-users] [Bind] Unexpected behavior when binding constchar* to function

My point is that difference between binding to echo and echo2 (string vs. const char*) should not lead do different behavior. Otherwise user has to be very careful on signature of bind'ed function.

To be serious: library should naturally promote its proper usage. Code like "boost::bind(echo1, "abc")" looks natural, does not emit any warning, and is dangerous. That code is safe - the lifetime of string literals is the lifetime of

Passing a std::string vs a const char* to boost::bind should have as close as possible to same behaviour as passing that parameter to a normal C++ function.. the program. Just to be clear, using char*s as strings is tricky and error prone - but that is a problem with C++, not a problem with boost.