Re: C++ member function pointers in ISO C++

[Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs dot mu dot oz dot au>]

On 11-Jan-2001, Terry Barnaby <terry@beam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> We are trying to compile some library code that passes the address of an
> objects member
> function together with the objects address to be used in a call-back
> method. Having upgraded
> to GCC 2.96 we now get a compilation error " ISO C++ forbids taking the
> address of a
> non-static member  function to form a pointer to member function.  Say
> `&A::Func1'"
> 
> Questions:
> 1. Is there a proper way in ISO C++ of passing and storing a pointer to
> a member function ?

Yes.  I think what the error message is trying to say is just that you
need to use the syntax `&ClassName::FuncName' rather than the more
concise but not standard-conforming `&FuncName'.

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