-----Original Message----- Brian Braatz wrote:

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With the following code, If you UNCOMMENT the "// public : Base"

line,

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you get compiler errors (????)

I have tested this with MS VC 7.1 against both 1.31 and 1.32 versions of boost with the same results.

Any idea why this is happening? (full sample code I wrote is attached) [snip] std::string ReturnAString(); [snip] bind(Base::ReturnAString,_1);

[ Reece Wrote] This is the problem. Try: bind(Base::ReturnAString); or: bind(&Base::ReturnAString,this);

[Brian Braatz] THANK YOU BOTH REECE AND DANIEL :) (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) That fixed it. What is STRANGE is that "sometimes" bind(Base::ReturnAString) works ironically, I have about 40 calls that use that syntax that work just fine. I noticed in the docs, when you have a inline functor, the docs use

bind(Base::ReturnAString);

But when you have something that was not inline (??) you use:

bind(&Base::ReturnAString);

I was never clear on when you and when you do NOT use the "&" with the bind() syntax..... I will convert everything in my "real code" to using the & always. Question: Does anyone know when you should and should not use the & in a bind call? Or is this is compile time checking hole that exists due to the mechanisms bind relies upon? OR Am I a complete idiot? (I find it important to always hold open this option as a possibility in everything)