Difference between revisions of "cpp/utility/functional/mem fn"

#include <functional>
#include <iostream>
 
struct Foo {
  void display_greeting() {
    std::cout << "Hello, world.\n";
  }
  void display_number(int i) {
    std::cout << "number: " << i << '\n';
  }
  int data = 7;
};
 
int main() {
  Foo f;
 
  auto greet = std::mem_fn(&Foo::display_greeting);
  greet(f);
 
  auto print_num = std::mem_fn(&Foo::display_number);
  print_num(f, 42);
 
  auto access_data = std::mem_fn(&Foo::data);
  std::cout << "data: " << access_data(f) << '\n';
}

#include <iostream>
#include <functional>
#include <iterator>
#include <memory>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
 
int main()
{
    std::vector<std::string> words = {"This", "is", "a", "test"};
    std::vector<std::unique_ptr<std::string>> words2;
    words2.emplace_back(new std::string("another"));
    words2.emplace_back(new std::string("test"));
 
    std::vector<std::size_t> lengths;
    std::transform(words.begin(),
                   words.end(),
                   std::back_inserter(lengths),
                   std::mem_fn(&std::string::size)); // uses references to strings
    std::transform(words2.begin(),
                   words2.end(),
                   std::back_inserter(lengths),
                   std::mem_fn(&std::string::size)); // uses unique_ptr to strings
 
    std::cout << "The string lengths are ";
    for(auto n : lengths) std::cout << n << ' ';
    std::cout << '\n';
}

#include <functional>
 
struct X {
  int x;
 
        int& easy()      {return x;}
        int& get()       {return x;}
  const int& get() const {return x;}
};
 
 
int main(void)
{
    auto a = std::mem_fn        (&X::easy); // no problem at all
//  auto b = std::mem_fn<int&  >(&X::get ); // no longer works with new specification
    auto c = std::mem_fn<int&()>(&X::get ); // works with both old and new specification
    auto d = [] (X& x) {return x.get();};   // another approach to overload resolution
}