Problem when std::function refers to member function

[ORF]

Hi,

I have a class master_t which is composed by two other classes, dev_a, dev_b. I would like that a member function from the dev_b object (within master_t) could use a member function of dev_a object (within master_t). This is a minimal working code, where line 26 implements this feature.

class dev_a
{
public:
int a = {1}; 
void ShowA( ){ std::cout << "dev_a::a = " << a << '\n'; return; }
};

class dev_b
{
public:
int b = {2}; 
void ShowB( std::function<void(void)> ShowA ){ std::cout << "dev_b::b = " << b << '\n'; ShowA(); return; }
};

class master_t
{
public:
  dev_a one;
  dev_b two;
};
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    master_t obj;
    obj.two.ShowB( [&](){ obj.one.ShowA(); return;} );
    return 0;
}

I naively tried first with obj.two.ShowB( obj.one.ShowA ); but I got the following error

error: no matching function for call to ‘dev_b::ShowB(<unresolved overloaded function type>)’
     obj.two.ShowB( obj.one.ShowA );

I have two questions:
a) The cause of the error is because when passing the function like obj.two.ShowB( obj.one.ShowA ); is missing the reference to the actual object obj.one?
b) Would it be better to implement the function dev_b::ShowB as member function of master_t instead, so it can have access to both dev_a and dev_b objects?

Thank you for your time. Any comment is welcome.

Cheers,
ORF

 

[Mark44]

Your code worked fine for me, and produced this output:

dev_b::b = 2
dev_a::a = 1

Maybe I am missing the point of your question ... ?

It seems simpler to me to implement ShowB() similar to how ShowA() is implemented. That would eliminate the need for the convoluted code of line 26 - obj.two.ShowB( [&](){ obj.one.ShowA(); return;} );. This line truly deserves some commenting.

To make your code compile and run, I added the following lines at the top.

#include <iostream>
#include <functional>
using std::cout;
using std::function;

 

[Filip Larsen]

The cause of the error is because when passing the function like obj.two.ShowB( obj.one.ShowA ); is missing the reference to the actual object obj.one?

That is correct. You can use a lambda to capture and call the object, or you can use std::bind, for example like

obj.two.ShowB( std::bind(&dev_a::ShowA, &obj.one) );