[Peter Dimov]

Fixing this is not particularly elegant. To select an overload, you need to do something like void (X::StringList::*pmf)(string const&) = &X::StringList::push_back;

Technically, taking the address of most Standard Library member functions can't be done portably. N3485 17.6.5.5 [member.functions] permits implementations to add overloads (so &foo::bar is ambiguous without additional type information) and to add default arguments (affecting the signature, so you can't provide additional type information). STL

Ian Emmons wrote:

Peter and Stephan, thanks for the information. It looks like I should write my own functor rather than use Boost.Bind in this case.

You could still use bind with your own functor, if you like. :-) struct my_push_back { template<class C, class T> void operator()( C & c, T & v ) const { c.push_back( v ); } }; and then boost::bind( my_push_back(), boost::ref( strList ), _1 );

From: lists@pdimov.com To: boost@lists.boost.org Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:53:34 +0200 Subject: Re: [boost] [bind] Boost.Bind compile error with msvc-11 and msvc-10

Ian Emmons wrote:

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Peter and Stephan, thanks for the information. It looks like I should write my own functor rather than use Boost.Bind in this case.

You could still use bind with your own functor, if you like. :-)

struct my_push_back { template<class C, class T> void operator()( C & c, T & v ) const { c.push_back( v ); } };

and then

boost::bind( my_push_back(), boost::ref( strList ), _1 );

I find Boost.Phoenix really useful in cases like this, because it comes with out-of-the-box support for lazy wrappers for STL functions: #include <boost/phoenix/core.hpp> #include <boost/phoenix/stl.hpp> ... using boost::phoenix::arg_names::_1; ... x.enumerateStrings(phoenix::push_back(phoenix::ref(strList), _1)); Full example attached. I don't have MSVC handy to try it out, but it compiles with GCC, and it solves the problem that was causing your example to fail to compile, so it should work. Regards, Nate