Re: substituting a function ptr with a function object

From:
Barry <dhb2000@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:28:17 +0800
Message-ID:
<fd2978$285$1@aioe.org>
er wrote:

hi,

class Gen{
    public:
        Gen(double (*fun_)()):fun(fun_){};
    private:
        double (*fun)();
};
class Op{
    public:
        Op(){};
        double operator()(){return 0.0;};
};
double fun(){return 0.0;};

// i'd like to be able to construct Gen from either a fun ptr (OK,
fine as is) or a function object. the code below is probably
adventurous...any suggestion?

int main(){
    Gen gen1(&fun);//ok
    Op op;
    Gen gen2(
        boost::bind(
            &Op::operator(),
            boost::ref(op)
        )
    );//error: no matching function for call.//the result from bind does
not match double (*)()


what
"
boost::bind(
            &Op::operator(),
   boost::ref(op)
   )
"

returns is not typeof "double (*fun_)()",
it's functor.

As Erik mentioned else thread, using template, but it's a solution
you don't even know the how to fill T in Gen<T>;

Stop reinventing another wheel, have a look at Boost.Function first,
use it, or refer to it, and write something exactly meets your need

In your case, you can use boost::function0<double> (equivalent to
boost::function<double()>) as your functor/function wrapper,
you can then use boost::bind to bind any function/functor who returns
double, or you can even write some adapter.

#include <boost/bind.hpp>
#include <boost/function.hpp>

#include <functional>

double fun() { return 0.0; }

struct Adapter
     : std::unary_function<double, int>
{
     double operator() (int) { return 0.0; }
};

int getint(char c) { return 0; }

int main()
{
     boost::function0<double> f = &fun;
     double d = f();

     f = boost::bind(Adapter(), boost::bind(&getint, 10));
     d = f();
}

--
Thanks
Barry

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