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### 1520. `INVOKE` on member data pointer with too many arguments

Section: 20.14.4 [func.require] Status: C++11 Submitter: Howard Hinnant Opened: 2010-10-10 Last modified: 2016-01-28

Priority: Not Prioritized

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Discussion:

20.8.2 [func.require] p1 says:

> 1 Define `INVOKE(f, t1, t2, ..., tN)` as follows:

> - `(t1.*f)(t2, ..., tN)` when `f` is a pointer to a member function of a class `T` and `t1` is an object of type `T` or a reference to an object of type `T` or a reference to an object of a type derived from `T`;
> - `((*t1).*f)(t2, ..., tN)` when `f` is a pointer to a member function of a class `T` and `t1` is not one of the types described in the previous item;
> - `t1.*f` when `f` is a pointer to member data of a class `T` and `t1` is an object of type `T` or a reference to an object of type `T` or a reference to an object of a type derived from `T`;
> - `(*t1).*f` when `f` is a pointer to member data of a class `T` and `t1` is not one of the types described in the previous item;
> - `f(t1, t2, ..., tN)` in all other cases.

The question is: What happens in the 3rd and 4th bullets when `N > 1`?

Does the presence of `t2, ..., tN` get ignored, or does it make the `INVOKE` ill formed?

Here is sample code which presents the problem in a concrete example:

>     #include <functional>
>     #include <cassert>

>     struct S {
>        char data;
>     };

>     typedef char S::*PMD;

>     int main()
>     {
>        S s;
>        PMD pmd = &S::data;
>        std::reference_wrapper<PMD> r(pmd);
>        r(s, 3.0) = 'a';  // well formed?
>        assert(s.data == 'a');
>     }

Without the "`3.0`" the example is well formed.

[Note: Daniel provided wording to make it explicit that the above example is ill-formed. — end note ]

[ Post-Rapperswil ]

> Moved to Tentatively Ready after 5 positive votes on c++std-lib.

[ Adopted at 2010-11 Batavia ]

Proposed resolution:

The wording refers to N3126.

Change 20.8.2 [func.require]/1 as indicated:

> 1 Define `INVOKE(f, t1, t2, ..., tN)` as follows:

> - ...
> - ...
> - `t1.*f` when `N == 1` and `f` is a pointer to member data of a class `T` and `t1` is an object of type `T` or a reference to an object of type `T` or a reference to an object of a type derived from `T`;
> - `(*t1).*f` when `N == 1` and `f` is a pointer to member data of a class `T` and `t1` is not one of the types described in the previous item;
> - ...