Re: C++0x lambda and capturing computed values

From:
SG <s.gesemann@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Thu, 7 May 2009 12:02:09 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:
<34cd3320-cfa4-4d71-afc5-9791db996fc0@s31g2000vbp.googlegroups.com>
On 7 Mai, 19:27, Sohail Somani <soh...@taggedtype.net> wrote:

vector<function<void()>> functions;

for(iterator it = ...)
{
  functions.push_back(boost::bind(whatever,*it););
}

Here, the "*it" sub expression passes in a computed value to boost::bind
which is then stored by value. If I change it to the following:

for(...)
{
  functions.push_back([it](){whatever(*it);});
}

This is a potential bug since the iterator can become invalidated by the
time the function is called.

The undesirable alternative is:

for(...)
{
  value_type & t = *it;
  functions.push_back([t](){whatever(t);});
}


I had to look into the draft again to check whether it actually does
what you seem to think it does due to decltype(t) being a reference.
But yes, it captures the referred-to object by value. So, inside the
lambda's body decltype(t) will not be a reference and it'll be
equivalent to what your first version with boost::bind does.

It would be ideal if I could do something like:

functions.push-back([t=*it](){whatever(t);});

Any thoughts or suggestions?


Interesting idea. But it'll hardly save you typing. IMHO,

  auto&& t = *it;
  functions.push_back([=]{whatever(t);});

is an okay-solution which doesn't justify a more complicated grammar
in the capture clause.

Cheers!
SG

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