Re: [sigc] libsigc++-2.0 functor and adaptor names

[Jeff Franks <jcf tpg com au>]

Martin Schulze wrote:

> Currently, in libsigc++-1.9.11 the functions called
> to create functors (replacing SigC::slot()) are named
> as following:
>
>   sigc::ptr_fun() (stores a function pointer)
>   sigc::mem_fun() (stores a member function pointer; optionally 
> together with a reference or pointer to an object instance)
>
> The functors returned (no equivalent in libsigc++-1.2) are called:
>
>   sigc::pointer_functor#<>
>   sigc::[bound_][const_][volatile_]mem_functor#<>
>
> The generic container for arbitrary functors (equivalent but much more 
> powerful than SigC::Slot#) is called:
>
>   sigc::slot<>
Technically, which sould be the preferred method for programmers to 
create functors, with sigc::ptr_fun#()  and sigc::mem_fun#(), or 
sigc::slot<>, or doesn't it matter.

Jeff.