Perhaps the only solution here is to use Y* instead of Y& with corresponding modifications; this way there is no need for var() or smth similar. Why not? Vishnevetsky, Eugene (IT) wrote:

Is it possible to use boost::ref() or boost::lambda::var() of an abstract class as a parameter to boost::lambda::bind()? It seems that compiler attempts to instantiate an object of that abstract class. Example:

----------------- using namespace boost; using namespace boost::lambda; class Y { public: virtual void foo() = 0; void foo2 (){ } }; class Z : public Y { public: void foo(){} };

class TT { public: void test( Y& y ) { y.foo2(); } };

int main() { std::vector<TT> xt; Z z; Y &y = z; std::for_each (xt.begin(), xt.end(), bind(&TT::test,_1, ref(y))); return 0; } ----------------------

And Error message from g++ (GCC) 3.2.3:

--------------------------------- /boost/tuple/detail/tuple_basic.hpp: In instantiation of `boost::tuples::cons<Y, boost::tuples::null_type>': /boost/tuple/detail/tuple_basic.hpp:326: instantiated from `boost::tuples::cons<boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::cons<Y, boost::tuples::null_type> >' /boost/tuple/detail/tuple_basic.hpp:326: instantiated from `boost::tuples::cons<void (TT::*const)(Y&), boost::tuples::cons<boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::cons<Y, boost::tuples::null_type> > >' /boost/lambda/detail/lambda_functor_base.hpp:151: instantiated from `boost::lambda::detail::has_null_type<boost::tuples::cons<void (TT::*const)(Y&), boost::tuples::cons<boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::cons<Y, boost::tuples::null_type> > > >' /boost/lambda/detail/lambda_functor_base.hpp:229: instantiated from `boost::lambda::detail::deduce_non_ref_argument_types<boost::tuples::tup le<void (TT::*const)(Y&), const boost::lambda::lambda_functor<boost::lambda::placeholder<1> >, Y&, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type>, boost::tuples::null_type>' /boost/lambda/detail/lambda_functor_base.hpp:412: instantiated from `boost::lambda::lambda_functor_base<boost::lambda::action<3, boost::lambda::function_action<3, boost::lambda::detail::unspecified> >, boost::tuples::tuple<void (TT::*const)(Y&), const boost::lambda::lambda_functor<boost::lambda::placeholder<1> >, Y&, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type> >::sig<boost::tuples::null_type>' /boost/lambda/detail/lambda_functors.hpp:135: instantiated from `boost::lambda::lambda_functor<boost::lambda::lambda_functor_base<boost: :lambda::action<3, boost::lambda::function_action<3, boost::lambda::detail::unspecified> >, boost::tuples::tuple<void (TT::*const)(Y&), const boost::lambda::lambda_functor<boost::lambda::placeholder<1> >, Y&, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type, boost::tuples::null_type> > >' lamtest.cpp:35: instantiated from here /boost/tuple/detail/tuple_basic.hpp:320: cannot declare field `boost::tuples::cons<Y, boost::tuples::null_type>::head' to be of type `Y' /boost/tuple/detail/tuple_basic.hpp:320: because the following virtual functions are abstract: lamtest.cpp:12: virtual void Y::foo() ----------------------------------------

Thanks,

Eugene Vishnevetsky --------------------------------------------------------

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