From -1908510964763469247 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,6d5520f8ce526ad5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: Jim Cobban Subject: Re: Pointer to member function restriction in standard Date: 2000/01/27 Message-ID: <388F7E09.67B76148@hotmail.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 578077606 Approved: Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++ References: <388CC286.B7848872@hotmail.com> <86l2rq$r0i@library2.airnews.net> X-Accept-Language: en X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------D958C02480015BFE950CEE8E" X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Mail2News-Path: news.demon.net!mulga.cs.mu.oz.au X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 948930249 mail2news:7487 mail2news mail2news.demon.co.uk Organization: Magma Communications Ltd. X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) Mime-Version: 1.0 Nntp-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 18:03:56 EDT Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------D958C02480015BFE950CEE8E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bill Wade wrote: > My second guess: for object (data) members there needs to be a way to > disambiguate pointer-to-member, pointer-to-object, and object. If m is a > non-static data member of base then &base::m, &(base::m) and base::m mean > three different things. The standard is slightly simpler if the same rules > apply to both function members and data members. I will grant you that I understand that the capability in base C and C++ to implicitly convert the name of a function into a pointer to the function was always recognized as a shortcut. However it is a shortcut which the STL itself has taken advantage of, for example in the implementation of parameter-less IO manipulators. My point remains that my code would look cleaner and be easier to understand if this restriction was not present. I am, in effect, being penalized for writing object-oriented code. -- Jim Cobban jcobban@magma.ca 34 Palomino Dr. Kanata, ON, CANADA K2M 1M1 +1-613-592-9438 --------------D958C02480015BFE950CEE8E Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="thesnaguy.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Jim Cobban Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="thesnaguy.vcf" begin:vcard n:Cobban;James tel;fax:+1-613-592-9438 tel;home:+1-613-592-9438 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.magma.ca/~jcobban version:2.1 email;internet:thesnaguy@hotmail.com title:Consultant adr;quoted-printable:;;34 Palomino Dr.=0D=0A;Kanata;ON;K2M 1M1;Canada fn:Jim Cobban end:vcard --------------D958C02480015BFE950CEE8E-- --- [ 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://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]