pass function by value (?) instead of function pointer?

Question

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I was unable to find it.

So im trying to educate myself about templates and the new C++11 features (mainly lambdas, somethin

Answer 1

Functions are implicitly convertible to function pointers. If fact there is no way to get a function value or reference. Though oddly you can create a function value type, you just can't assign anything to it.

Here is code snippit that demonstrates how lambdas and various callbacks react with templates.