From: Cory Nelson (phrosty_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-06-30 14:04:27
On 6/30/06, Stephen Torri <storri_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> I have a main file from my OpenGL program which contains global
> variables and the functions that are used by OpenGL as callback
> functions. For example:
>
> int a;
> float b;
>
> void display ()
> {
> .... display code calls ...
> }
>
> int main (int argc, char **argv)
> {
> glutDisplayFunc( display );
> }
>
> Now I thought I would put all the variables and functions into a class
> and use that in the main. Here is where I am getting stuck on the use of
> boost::function. I changed the code to look something like the
> following:
>
> class MyMain {
> int a;
> float b;
>
> void display()
> {
> ... display code calls ...
> }
> }
>
> int main (int argc, char **argv)
> {
> MyMain m_ref;
> boost::function<void()> disp_func = boost::bind ( &MyMain::display, &m_ref );
> glutDisplayFunc ( disp_func );
> }
>
> What I am getting back from the g++ compiler is the following error message:
>
> error: cannot convert `boost::function<void ()(), std::allocator<void> >' to `void (*)()' for argument `1' to `void glutDisplayFunc(void (*)())'
>
> Any ideas where I am going wrong?
You are passing a function object to a C function which expects a
function pointer. A boost::function can not be converted into a
function pointer.
> Stephen
>
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