it my implemention, i use BOOST_TYPEOF instead of typeof(). it seems work well for gcc and vc7.1 , #include //for member #include //for const_mem_fun using boost::multi_index::member; using boost::multi_index::const_mem_fun; #include /* MEMBER */ template<typename T> struct get_details; template struct get_details { typedef Class class_type; typedef Member member_type; }; #define MEMBER(MemPtr) \ member< \ get_details::class_type, \ get_details::member_type, \ MemPtr> /* CONST_MEM_FUN */ template<typename T> struct get_fun_details; template struct get_fun_details { typedef Class class_type; typedef Type member_type; }; #define CONST_MEM_FUN(MemFunPtr) \ const_mem_fun< \ get_fun_details::class_type, \ get_fun_details::member_type, \ MemFunPtr>