Pass an object and a member function as parameters

Question

I'm trying to create a template function which calls a member function of a class.

template<typename T>
void call(T owner, void (T::*func)())
{
    (owner.func());
}

and the usage:

Foo a;
call(a, &Foo::printname);

But the compiler returns error C2664. What's the problem?

Pete Becker · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-19 19:17:04Z

3

func is a pointer-to-member-function; there's a special syntax for calling them:

(owner.*func)();

answered Jun 19, 2013 at 19:17

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