Re: looking for explanation of bind2nd() source code
responsible wrote:
Hi,
Digging through the STL source code, i found this gem..
template <class _Operation, class _Tp>
inline binder2nd<_Operation>
bind2nd(const _Operation& __fn, const _Tp& __x)
{
typedef typename _Operation::second_argument_type _Arg2_type;
return binder2nd<_Operation>(__fn, _Arg2_type(__x));
}
I am trying to understand what this does. Specifically, i don't get
what the first two lines signify.
Why is it that bind2nd can be called like this... bind2nd (b, t) and
NOT bind2nd<binary_function, int> (b, t)??
Because it's a function, and the type arguments can be deduced by the
compiler. In fact, that's the entire purpose of bind2nd, so that the
programmer doesn't have to provide template arguments to binder2nd.
The first two lines:
1. template<class _Operation, class _Tp>, declares that this is a
function template.
2. inline binder2nd<_Operation> states that this is an inline function,
returning a binder2nd<_Operation>
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