Re: How to pass a binary_function functor as an argument?

From:
"Cumhur Guzel" <guzelcumhur@gmail.com>
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Date:
Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:07:16 CST
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t_littell@yahoo.com wrote:

I want to pass a binary_function<double, double, double> functor
object as an argument into another function. So, I tried the
following which does not work with std::accumulate():

class BinFunctor : public std::binary_function<double, double, double>
{
   public:
   // I've tried with & without pure virtual method here, no luck.
   virtual double operator()(const double& x, const double& y) const =
0;
};

class SumFunctor : public BinFunctor
{
   public:
   double operator()(const double& x, const double& y) const { return x
+y; }
};
class ProductFunctor : public BinFunctor {...};
//... many other BinFunctor classes defined.

double foo(const vector<double>& vec, double init, BinFunctor& bf)
{
   return std::accumulate(vec.begin(), vec.end(), init, bf); //
COMPILE ERROR HERE
// also tried: bf() bf::operator() nothing works
}

int main()
{
   SumFunctor sf;
   double res = foo(vec, 0, sf);
}


template <typename T1>
class SumFunctor : public std::binary_function<T1, T1, T1>
{
    public:

    T1 operator()(const T1& x, const T1& y) {
       return x+y;
    }
};

int main()
{
    std::vector<double> vectorum(5,0.2);
    double test1 = accumulate(vectorum.begin(), vectorum.end(), 0.1,
SumFunctor<double>());
    double test = accumulate(vectorum.begin(), vectorum.end(), 0.1,
std::plus<double>());
};

I gave two options to fix the problem. First one is to use std::plus
and another one is
to use your own SumFunctor.

I think to use std::plus would be a better choice in your case rather
than rewriting SumFunctor as something exactly the same as std::plus.

I would recommend to check standart library first rather than writing
your own similar/same functionality.

Regards

Cumhur Guzel

www.ir.com

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