I'm having some problems with bind and wonder if someone might help. The attached file compiles and runs fine when compiled with boost-1.30.2 (g++ 3.2 on a PC and g++ 3.3 on a Dec Alpha, both running linux). However, compilation fails if I uncomment the overloaded 'node' member function below. struct FEM { typedef std::vector<Node>::size_type size_type; FEM(std::vector<Node> const & nodes) : nodes_(nodes) {} size_type nnodes() const { return nodes_.size(); } Node & node(size_type i) { return nodes_[i]; } // Node const & node(size_type i) const { return nodes_[i]; } private: std::vector<Node> nodes_; }; boost/boost-1.30.2/boost/function/function_template.hpp:117: could not convert `f->boost::_bi::bind_t<R, F, L>::operator()(A1&) [with A1 = size_t, R = const Node&, F = boost::_mfi::cmf1<const Node&, FEM, unsigned int>, L = boost::_bi::list2<boost::reference_wrapper<FEM>, boost::arg<1> >]((&a0))' to `Node&' Is there a fix for this or have I hit a brick wall? Second question. I'd like to combine these two boost::functions into a single boost::function2<void, size_t, double> all_in_one = ...; all_in_one(i, val); but I'm getting horribly lost trying to determine the '...'. Is it possible? Any clues? Kind regards, Angus ps. What is the prefered way of posting code? Inline or as an attachment? A std::vector<Node> nodes(10); FEM fem(nodes); size_t i = 5; double const val = 14; boost::function1<Node &, size_t> get_node = boost::bind(&FEM::node, boost::ref(fem), _1); boost::function1<void, double> set_value = boost::bind(&Node::set_conc, boost::ref(get_node(i)), _1); set_value(val);