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Documented new feature in tutorial: automatic adaptation of pointers to member functions

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Updated reference documentation:
  - Adaptation of pointers to member functions
  - No longer lie about safe_bool
  - Added documentation for operator!
  - Defined "compatible"


[SVN r11458]
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<h3>Member functions</h3>
<a name="member_func">
<p> In many systems, callbacks often call to member functions of a particular
object. Handling argument binding is beyond the scope of Boost.Function. However, there are several libraries that perform 'argument binding', including
object. This is often referred to as "argument binding", and is beyond the scope of Boost.Function. The use of member functions directly, however, is supported, so the following code is valid:
<pre>
struct X {
int foo(int);
};
boost::function&lt;int, X*, int&gt; f;
f = &X::foo;
X x;
f(&x, 5);
</pre>
<p> Several libraries exist that support argument binding. Three such libraries are summarized below:
<ul>
<li> <a href="../../bind/bind.html">Boost.Bind</a>. This library allows binding of arguments for any function object. It is lightweight and very portable.</li>
<li> The C++ Standard library. Using <code>std::bind1st</code> and <code>std::mem_fun</code> together one can bind the object of a pointer-to-member function for use with Boost.Function:
<pre>
struct X {
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f(5); // Call x.foo(5)</pre></li>
<li><a href="http://lambda.cs.utu.fi/">The Lambda library</a>. This library provides a powerful composition mechanism to construct function objects that uses very natural C++ syntax. Lambda requires a compiler that is reasonably conformant to the C++ standard. Note that it is not a Boost library.</li>
<li>Peter Dimov's <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boost/files/bind/bind.hpp">bind</a> library. It has a smaller scope than the Lambda Library but is more tolerant of broken compilers. It is an unreviewed library in development.</li>
</ul>
<h2><a name="family">The <code>function</code> family</a></h2>
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<address><a href="mailto:gregod@cs.rpi.edu">Douglas Gregor</a></address>
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