Using bind1st for a method that takes argument by reference

Question

I have a struct like this:

struct A {
    void i(int i) {}
    void s(string const &s) {}
};

Now when I try this:

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Answer 1

The issue is a defect in the library specification.

Take a look at this bug report against gcc and the resulting discussion: Bug 37811 - bind1st fails on mem_fun with reference argument

C++03 lacked the facilities to build a perfect bind library. This issue is fixed in C++11 with perfect forwarding and std::bind.