"<class name> does not provide a call operator" error when trying to wrap function return value
I'm trying to write a function that will take a functor as an argument, invoke the functor and then return its return value wrapped in a boost::shared_ptr.
The following refuses to compile and I'm all out of ideas. I get "std::vector< std::string > does not provide a call operator" (roughly). I'm using Clang 3.1 on Mac OS X.
template< typename T >
boost::shared_ptr< T > ReturnValueAsShared(
boost::function< T() > func )
{
return boost::make_shared< T >( func() );
}
This is the context in which I'm trying to use it:
make_shared< packaged_task< boost::shared_ptr< std::vector< std::string > > > >(
bind( ReturnValueAsShared< std::vector< std::string > >,
bind( [a function that returns a std::vector< std::string >] ) ) );
EDIT: Here's a complete self-contained test case. This code fails to compile with the same error, and for the life of me I can't see what's wrong:
#include <boost/make_shared.hpp>
#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
#include <boost/function.hpp>
#include <boost/bind.hpp>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
std::vector< std::string > foo( std::string a )
{
std::vector< std::string > vec;
vec.push_back( a );
return vec;
}
template< typename T >
boost::shared_ptr< T > ReturnValueAsShared(
boost::function< T() > func )
{
return boost::make_shared< T >( func() );
}
int main()
{
auto f = boost::bind( ReturnValueAsShared< std::vector< std::string > >,
boost::bind( foo, std::string("a") ) );
f();
} // main
And here's the error output:
In file included from testcase.cpp:3:
In file included from /usr/local/include/boost/function.hpp:64:
In file included from /usr/local/include/boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/iter/forward1.hpp:47:
In file included from /usr/local/include/boost/function/detail/function_iterate.hpp:14:
In file included from /usr/local/include/boost/function/detail/maybe_include.hpp:13:
/usr/local/include/boost/function/function_template.hpp:132:18: error: type 'std::vector<std::basic_string<char>, std::allocator<std::basic_string<char> > >' does not provide a call operator
return (*f)(BOOST_FUNCTION_ARGS);
^~~~
/usr/local/include/boost/function/function_template.hpp:907:53: note: in instantiation of member function 'boost::detail::function::function_obj_invoker0<std::vector<std::basic_string<char>, std::allocator<std::basic_string<char> > >, std::vector<std::basic_string<char>, std::allocator<std::basic_string<char> > > >::invoke' requested here
{ { &manager_type::manage }, &invoker_type::invoke };
^
/usr/local/include/boost/function/function_template.hpp:722:13: note: in instantiation of function template specialization 'boost::function0<std::vector<std::basic_string<char>, std::allocator<std::basic_string<char> > > >::assign_to<std::vector<std::basic_string<char>, std::allocator<std::basic_string<char> > > >' requested here
this->assign_to(f);
^
/usr/local/include/boost/function/function_template.hpp:1042:5: note: in instantiation of function template specialization 'boost::function0<std::vector<std::basic_string<char>, std::allocator<std::basic_string<char> > > >::function0<std::vector<std::basic_string<char>, std::allocator<std::basic_string<char> > > >' requested here
base_type(f)
^
/usr/local/include/boost/bind/bind.hpp:243:43: note: in instantiation of function template specialization 'boost::function<std::vector<std::basic_string<char>, std::allocator<std::basic_string<char> > > ()>::function<std::vector<std::basic_string<char>, std::allocator<std::basic_string<char> > > >' requested here
return unwrapper<F>::unwrap(f, 0)(a[base_type::a1_]);
^
/usr/local/include/boost/bind/bind_template.hpp:20:27: note: in instantiation of function template specialization 'boost::_bi::list1<boost::_bi::bind_t<std::vector<std::basic_string<char>, std::allocator<std::basic_string<char> > >, std::vector<std::basic_string<char>, std::allocator<std::basic_string<char> > > (*)(std::basic_string<char>), boost::_bi::list1<boost::_bi::value<std::basic_string<char> > > > >::operator()<boost::shared_ptr<std::vector<std::basic_string<char>, std::allocator<std::basic_string<char> > > >, boost::shared_ptr<std::vector<std::basic_string<char>, std::allocator<std::basic_string<char> > > > (*)(boost::function<std::vector<std::basic_string<char>, std::allocator<std::basic_string<char> > > ()>), boost::_bi::list0>' requested here
BOOST_BIND_RETURN l_(type<result_type>(), f_, a, 0);
^
testcase.cpp:27:4: note: in instantiation of member function 'boost::_bi::bind_t<boost::shared_ptr<std::vector<std::basic_string<char>, std::allocator<std::basic_string<char> > > >, boost::shared_ptr<std::vector<std::basic_string<char>, std::allocator<std::basic_string<char> > > > (*)(boost::function<std::vector<std::basic_string<char>, std::allocator<std::basic_string<char> > > ()>), boost::_bi::list1<boost::_bi::bind_t<std::vector<std::basic_string<char>, std::allocator<std::basic_string<char> > >, std::vector<std::basic_string<char>, std::allocator<std::basic_string<char> > > (*)(std::basic_string<char>), boost::_bi::list1<boost::_bi::value<std::basic_string<char> > > > > >::operator()' requested here
f();
^
1 error generated.
Here are some more clues. The following code compiles just fine, but that doesn't help me since this is not the code that I want :)
#include <boost/make_shared.hpp>
#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
#include <boost/function.hpp>
#include <boost/bind.hpp>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
std::vector< std::string > foo()
{
std::vector< std::string > vec;
return vec;
}
template< typename T >
boost::shared_ptr< T > ReturnValueAsShared(
boost::function< T() > func )
{
return boost::make_shared< T >( func() );
}
int main()
{
auto f = boost::bind( ReturnValueAsShared< std::vector< std::string > >,
foo );
f();
} // main
Answer
boost::protect is the way to go:
int main()
{
auto f = boost::bind( ReturnValueAsShared< std::vector< std::string > >,
boost::protect(boost::bind( foo, std::string("a") ) ) );
f();
} // main
This is as clean as it can get.