Re: templated function help

From:
SG <s.gesemann@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:24:26 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
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On 31 Jan., 22:05, Francesco Montorsi <f...@hotmail.com> wrote:

SG ha scritto:> "isalpha" is not a type.

You can also make T a type for a function pointer (or function
object) and pass the pointer (or object) as additional
parameter. This would be the "STL style":

  template<typename T> // T is type (function pointer
  int foo(T some_func) { // or function object)
    return some_func(42);
  }

  int main() { foo(isalpha); } // function decays to pointer


Useful to know. Just out of curiosity: unless I'm wrong this second metho=

d

allows you to call functions also with internal linkage but they still ne=

ed to

have the same exact signature as those of the function pointer type T, ri=

ght?

Yes. But T is a template parameter which can be deduced automatically.
T could be any function pointer type or function object type. You can
use any function (object) that makes the call expression in the
template well-formed -- for example a function object that takes a
double parameter:

  struct Functor {
    void operator()(double x) const;
  };

  template<typename T>
  void foo(T func) {
    int x=23;
    func(c);
  }

  void bar() {
    foo(Functor());
  }

HTH,
SG

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