#include #include float mul_ints(int x, int y) { return ((float)x) * y; } struct int_div { float operator()(int x, int y) const { return ((float)x)/y; }; }; int main() { boost::function2 f; f = int_div(); std::cout << f(5, 3) << std::endl; if (f) std::cout << f(5, 3) << std::endl; else std::cout << "f has no target, so it is unsafe to call" << std::endl; f = 0; f = &mul_ints; return 0; }