Hi all, i wnat to extend the example in the file mixed.cpp with an operator[]: double operator []( std::ptrdiff_t i ) const { DereferenceCtx const deref = {}; AdvanceCtx adctx(i); //just shift the iterator with std::advance typename boost::result_of::type expr2 = Begin()(*this); proto::eval(expr2,adctx); return proto::eval(expr2, deref); } This works well. However is it possible to let proto figure out what the result_type of this function is? I've tried to program in this way. typedef typename boost::result_of::type Expr2; typedef typename proto::result_of::eval::type result_type; result_type operator []( std::ptrdiff_t i ) const { DereferenceCtx const deref = {}; AdvanceCtx adctx(i); Expr2 expr2 = Begin()(*this); proto::eval(expr2,adctx); return proto::eval(expr2, deref); } But the compiler complained that the nested struct eval in the struct struct DereferenceCtx { template struct eval : proto::default_eval {}; cannot be instantiated by this particulat template. So I guess I ' ve to write a grammar for this issue. Is this true?