Should std::bind be compatible with boost::asio?

Question

I am trying to adapt one of the boost::asio examples to use c++11 / TR1 libraries where possible. The original code looks like this:

void start_accept()
{ 
          


        

Answer 1

I now have a solution

The problem is that when I first tried to switch to std::bind and std::shared_ptr I was still using the boost::asio::placeholders with std::bind, this resulted in a large amount of template compiler errors, so I then tried to switch piecemeal.

I first tried switching just boost::shared_ptr to std::shared_ptr, this failed because boost::bind will not work with std::shared_ptr with out a specialisation of the template get_pointer<typename T> for std::shared_ptr (see: How to resolve conflict between boost::shared_ptr and using std::shared_ptr?).

After switching to std::shared_ptr I then switched to std::bind, this time using the std::placeholders, (thanks richard) the example code now compiles and works correctly.

In order to use std::bind with boost::asio make sure that std::shared_ptr and the std::placeholders are also used.