Hello all: Hoping someone might help with a simple problem; how I might call a member on a boost::bind placeholder, see below ... #include <list> class Xtype { public: Xtype(int v) : value_(v) { } int the_value() const { return this->value_; } private: int value_; }; template <typename Predicate> class Excise { public: void operator()(std::list<Xtype>& li) const { li.remove_if(boost::bind(Predicate(), ::_1, 10)); } }; ... what I really want is something more like [, note the call of Xtype::this_value() ]: void operator()(std::list<Xtype>& li) const { li.remove_if(boost::bind(Predicate(), ::_1.the_value(), 10)); } But how do I achieve that (, if at all possible); as seemingly ::_1.the_value() is illegal/invalid code ? Thanks in advance, -- Manfred