Are there boost::bind issues with VS2010?

Question

I had the following code line which compiles just fine under g++ and Visual Studio prior to 2010.

std::vector<Device> device_list;

boost::function<void (Device&, boost::posix_time::time_duration&)> callback = 
  boost::bind(&std::vector<Device>::push_back, &device_list, _1);

Where Device is a class, nothing special about it.

Now I just upgraded my Visual Studio version to 2010 and compilation fails with:

Error   1   error C2780: 'boost::_bi::bind_t<_bi::dm_result<MT::* ,A1>::type,boost::_mfi::dm<M,T>,_bi::list_av_1<A1>::type> boost::bind(M T::* ,A1)' : expects 2 arguments - 3 provided C:\developments\libsystools\trunk\src\upnp_control_point.cpp    95

What is going on and how can I solve this ?

Thanks.

Answer 1

This is probably because vector::push_back now has 2 overloads through support or C++0x features, making the bind ambiguous.

void push_back(
   const Type&_Val
);
void push_back(
   Type&&_Val
);

This should work, or use the built-in function suggested in @DeadMG's answer:

std::vector<Device> device_list;

boost::function<void (Device&, boost::posix_time::time_duration&)> callback = 
  boost::bind(static_cast<void (std::vector<Device>::*)( const Device& )>
  (&std::vector<Device>::push_back), &device_list, _1);

Answer 2

There are issues with binding in MSVC10. This isn't the first post I've seen reporting problems with it. Secondly, it's completely and totally redundant with the introduction of lambdas, and boost::function has been superseded by std::function.

std::vector<Device> devices;
std::function<void (Device&, boost::posix_time::time_duration&)> callback = [&](Device& dev, boost::posix_time::time_duration& time) {
    devices.push_back(dev);
};

There is no need to use binding in MSVC10.