Hello, assume I want to do a std::find_if on a container of A* with struct A { int foo; }; Now I have two ways of writing the predicate for find_if: 1. find_if (cont.begin (), cont.end (), _1 ->* &A::foo == 42); 2. find_if (cont.begin (), cont.end (), bind (&A::foo, _1) == 42); They both perform as expected. Are there any differences that make one of them preferrable? Thanks, Christian