I'd like to implement an event-handling scheme that supports member functions. For example, I would have a class that accepts a function pointer, stores it, and calls that function when some event occurs. I'd like to be able to store a pointer to a member function with boost::bind(): void staticReceiver(std::string message) { cout << message << endl; }//staticReceiver void ChatClient::memberReceiver(std::string message) { cout << message << endl; }//testReceiver void ChatClient::testBind(void) { void (*funcPointer)(std::string message); boost::bind(&ChatClient::memberReceiver, this, _1)("Bind works"); funcPointer = staticReceiver; (*funcPointer) ("Function pointer works"); //##### THIS LINE WILL NOT COMPILE ##### funcPointer = boost::bind(&ChatClient::memberReceiver, this, _1); }//testBind However, I get the following compiler error: g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I./libdasyne/lowlevel -I/opt/boost/include -D_REENTRANT -Wall -g -O2 -MT ChatClient.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/ChatClient.Tpo -c -o ChatClient.o `test -f 'examples/ChatClient.cpp' || echo './'`examples/ChatClient.cpp examples/ChatClient.cpp: In member function ‘void ChatClient::testBind()’: examples/ChatClient.cpp:56: error: cannot convert ‘boost::_bi::bind_t

, boost::_bi::list2, boost::arg<1> > ’ to ‘void (*)(std::string)’ in assignment make: *** [ChatClient.o] Error 1

Can it be done? Thanks in advance.