From -478257111649142663 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,9c3e31ec2c324b1d X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-03-27 14:40:49 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!feed1.uncensored-news.com!news.alt.net!comp-std-cpp-robomod!not-for-mail From: Dennis Yelle Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Suggestion: making bound member functions usable Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 16:37:42 CST Organization: Altopia Corp. - Usenet Access - http://www.altopia.com Lines: 30 Approved: Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++ Message-ID: <3AC0D0FE.51F14070@jps.net> References: <99n1og$84k$1@news-int.gatech.edu> <99ohfg$222a6$1@ID-82048.news.dfncis.de> <99opbs$73f$1@news-int.gatech.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-Path: X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) X-Accept-Language: en X-Complaints-To: abuse@onemain.com X-Trace: nntp1.onemain.com 985714654 216.119.22.135 (Tue, 27 Mar 2001 12:37:34 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 12:37:34 EST Xref: supernews.google.com comp.std.c++:4035 "Brian McNamara!" wrote: [...] > Indeed. I wish I had a way to make this compile even: > > (&A::b)(a,3,_) > > by somehow invoking an implicit conversion so that it means > > X(&A::b).operator()(a,3,_) > > where X is a type admits an implicit conversion from the > pointer-to-member-function. But I'm pretty sure that's impossible (and > reasonably so). Sorry, I have no idea what you are saying here. What is A? What is b? And especially, what is X? Dennis Yelle -- I am a computer programmer and I am looking for a job. There is a link to my resume here: http://table.jps.net/~vert/ --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.research.att.com/~austern/csc/faq.html ]