Re: for_each and invoking self's member pointer

From:
"Alf P. Steinbach" <alfps@start.no>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Sat, 13 Oct 2007 02:39:44 +0200
Message-ID:
<13h04ulpeupb8f2@corp.supernews.com>
* Kenneth Porter:

I'm trying to create a class that represents a bucket of locks, and I
want to lock a set of objects specified by a container of pointers. I
can't seem to find the right combination of function adapters to invoke
the bucket's member function on each pointer in the argument container.
What's the right thing to use here, at the "???"?

#include <vector>
#include <functional>
#include <algorithm>

using namespace std; // keeps example simple

class BucketOfLocks;

class Lockable
{
   BucketOfLocks* owner;
public:
   void acquire(BucketOfLocks& newOwner) { owner = &newOwner; }
};

class BucketOfLocks
{
public:
   BucketOfLocks(const vector<Lockable*>& lockables);
private:
   // this is what I want to invoke in the for_each
   void acquire(Lockable& lockable);
};

BucketOfLocks::BucketOfLocks(const vector<Lockable*>& lockables)
{
   for_each(lockables.begin(), lockables.end(),
            ???(&BucketOfLocks::acquire,*this));
}


class BucketOfLocks
{
public:
    BucketOfLocks(const vector<Lockable*>& lockables);
private:
    // this is what I want to invoke in the for_each
     void acquire(Lockable* lockable) {}
};

BucketOfLocks::BucketOfLocks(const vector<Lockable*>& lockables)
{
    for_each(lockables.begin(), lockables.end(),
         bind1st( mem_fun<void>( &BucketOfLocks::acquire ), this )
         );
}

At least it compiles; I haven't tested it.

By the way, why are you using for_each, why not simply use a for loop?

Cheers, & hth.,

- Alf

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