Re: c++/4047: assuming & on overloaded member functions

[Phil Edwards <pedwards at disaster dot jaj dot com>]

On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 02:31:38PM -0700, Yu Zhang/CanWest/IBM wrote:
> I've just submitted a bug report c++/4047. I'm wondering if anybody else
> has encountered the same problem before. Is there any quick fix for 2.95.x?
[...]
> >Description:
> when we use an overloaded static member function as
> another function's input argument, g++ report "assuming
> & on overloaded member functions".
[...]
>   void call()
>   {
>     server.use(T::foo);
>   };

What's the problem with just writing

    server.use(&T::foo);

instead?  This is specifically allowed by the C++ standard, and would work
under both versions.


Phil

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