/* can't get the following code to compile. I need to find an templated instance in the list where id is equal 15. */ #include "stdafx.h" #include <boost/ptr_container/ptr_vector.hpp> #include <boost/lambda/bind.hpp> class A { public: int id() const {return _id;} private: int _id; }; template <typename T> class AA { public: const T& item() {return _item;} private: T _item; }; int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) { typedef AA<A> thistype; boost::ptr_vector<thistype > lst; int comparewith (15); std::find (lst.begin(), lst.end(), (boost::lambda::bind (&A::id, boost::lambda::bind(&thistype::item, boost::lambda::_1)) == comparewith) ); return 0; }