Re: Passing a member function to another func.

From:
David Wilkinson <no-reply@effisols.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Sun, 14 May 2006 05:38:25 -0400
Message-ID:
<ea32hozdGHA.3948@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>
dududuil wrote:

Hi,
I am trying to pass one class member (NOT STATIC!) to another func, and fail
to compile.
I try to do something like this:

struct A { void fa1(); void fa2(); };

struct B {
  void (*m_fb)();
  void SetFA(void (*fa)()) {m_fb = fa;};
};

void main()
{
 A a;
 B b;
 b.SetFA( &a.fa1 ); // Compile error: C2276!!!
}

Note: func A::fa can not be static.

How can I do this?
What I want is to decide on run time, which method to call. I can simply use
an "if" statement, but I worry about performance.

Thanks
Dudu Arbel


Dudu:

B must hold both an instance of A and pointer to memmber of A.

// Untested

struct A { void fa1(); void fa2(); };

struct B {
   A* m_pA;
   void (A::*m_fA)();
   void SetFA(A* pA, void (A::*fA)()) {m_pA = pA; m_fA = fA;}
   void Invoke() {(m_pA->*m_fA)();}
};

int main() // not void
{
  A a;
  B b;
  b.SetFA(&a, &A::fa1 );
  b.Invoke();
  return 0;
}

David Wilkinson

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