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From: kc@rna.UUCP (Kaare Christian)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: pointer to function
Summary: ... that's what friends are for ...
Keywords: pointer function arguments
Message-ID: <1002@rna.UUCP>
Date: 20 Mar 90 16:02:58 GMT
References: <1990Mar19.233906.23149@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
Distribution: usa
Organization: Rockefeller University - Neurobiology
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In article <1990Mar19.233906.23149@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>, richard@ben.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Conan the Barbarian) writes:
: This is not a flame. The use of the member function address
: does not make sense when separated from the class instance.
: (Yes I can think of a million exceptions also.)
: The member function would not fully  operate as documented without
: the hidden argument. 
: 
: Yuck. That means the handler for a asynchronous server can
: not use C++ strategies unless you have all of the server
: source also. Double yuck. Who wants to re-write X, Motif,
: Xview, Sunview, etc? Triple yuck

This is an example of a situation where friends are useful. (See 
ongoing discussion of friends.)

Kaare Christian
kc@rna.rockefeller.edu