Imagine I have a base class B with a virtual function f() that is overridden in a derived class D ... struct B { virtual void f() { std::printf("B\n"); } }; struct D : B { virtual void f() { std::printf("D\n"); } }; Now, I can have a derived object D and call the base member directly using qualification: D d; d.B::f(); // OK, called B::f But if I take the address of B::f for use with boost::bind, I get a thunk that always uses virtual dispatch... boost::bind( &B::f, _1 )( d ); // Hrm, calls D::f What if I don't want the virtual dispatch, and I really want this to behave like d.B::f()? I know this is not specifically a problem with boost::bind, but a more general property of (virtual) member function pointers. Is there any way to get a non-virtual member function pointer to a virtual member function? If there is a way, I'm sure I don't know it. -- Eric Niebler BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com