If this is a duplicate I appologize. I couldn't find anything in my searches though.

I can use any of the newest features c++11/c++14. I can upgrade to VS2015 if necessary.

I'm trying to write a class that will auto cast into a std::function with a specific signature when assigned. I have code that works with GCC, but it failed on MSVC2013. The code is a snippet that recreates the error. WTF MSVC?!

Also I know this is risky code, automatically casting function pointers and such, but it's for the private implementation of a plugin library and I only want to define the function signature once.

GCC c++11 works fine - Demo

class FunctionPointer
{
    void* fp;
public:
    FunctionPointer(void* ptr)
        : fp(ptr)
    {}

    // Overload casting operator to 
    // a certain function signiture
    template<class R, class... ARGS>
    operator std::function<R(ARGS...)>(){
        typedef R(*func_ptr)(ARGS...);
        return std::function<R(ARGS...)>((func_ptr)fp);
    }
};

void hello(string msg){
    cout << "Hello " << msg << endl;
}

int main() {

    FunctionPointer f((void*)hello);

    function<void(string)> func_hello = f;

    func_hello("World!");

    return 0;
}

MSVC works when I change the line to this...

function<void(string)> func_hello = f.operator std::function<void(string)>();

MSVC fails with the same error when I have this...

function<void(string)> func_hello = (std::function<void(string)>)f;

MSVC fails with the following error in a file that is hard to read to say the least. It seems to be deducing the wrong function signature.

xrefwrap.h:283 - error C2064: term does not evaluate to a function taking 1 arguments


1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 12.0\vc\include\xrefwrap(283): error C2064: term does not evaluate to a function taking 1 arguments
1>          c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 12.0\vc\include\functional(228) : see reference to function template instantiation '_Ret std::_Callable_obj<FunctionPointer,false>::_ApplyX<_Rx,_Ty>(_Ty &&)' being compiled
1>          with
1>          [
1>              _Ret=void
1>  ,            _Rx=void
1>  ,            _Ty=std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char>>
1>          ]
1>          c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 12.0\vc\include\functional(228) : see reference to function template instantiation '_Ret std::_Callable_obj<FunctionPointer,false>::_ApplyX<_Rx,_Ty>(_Ty &&)' being compiled
1>          with
1>          [
1>              _Ret=void
1>  ,            _Rx=void
1>  ,            _Ty=std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char>>
1>          ]
1>          c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 12.0\vc\include\functional(226) : while compiling class template member function 'void std::_Func_impl<_MyWrapper,_Alloc,_Ret,std::string>::_Do_call(std::string &&)'
1>          with
1>          [
1>              _Alloc=std::allocator<std::_Func_class<void,std::string>>
1>  ,            _Ret=void
1>          ]
1>          c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 12.0\vc\include\functional(495) : see reference to class template instantiation 'std::_Func_impl<_MyWrapper,_Alloc,_Ret,std::string>' being compiled
1>          with
1>          [
1>              _Alloc=std::allocator<std::_Func_class<void,std::string>>
1>  ,            _Ret=void
1>          ]
1>          c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 12.0\vc\include\functional(396) : see reference to function template instantiation 'void std::_Func_class<_Ret,std::string>::_Do_alloc<_Myimpl,FunctionPointer&,_Alloc>(_Fty,_Alloc)' being compiled
1>          with
1>          [
1>              _Ret=void
1>  ,            _Alloc=std::allocator<std::_Func_class<void,std::string>>
1>  ,            _Fty=FunctionPointer &
1>          ]
1>          c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 12.0\vc\include\functional(396) : see reference to function template instantiation 'void std::_Func_class<_Ret,std::string>::_Do_alloc<_Myimpl,FunctionPointer&,_Alloc>(_Fty,_Alloc)' being compiled
1>          with
1>          [
1>              _Ret=void
1>  ,            _Alloc=std::allocator<std::_Func_class<void,std::string>>
1>  ,            _Fty=FunctionPointer &
1>          ]
1>          c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 12.0\vc\include\functional(385) : see reference to function template instantiation 'void std::_Func_class<_Ret,std::string>::_Reset_alloc<FunctionPointer&,std::allocator<std::_Func_class<_Ret,std::string>>>(_Fty,_Alloc)' being compiled
1>          with
1>          [
1>              _Ret=void
1>  ,            _Fty=FunctionPointer &
1>  ,            _Alloc=std::allocator<std::_Func_class<void,std::string>>
1>          ]
1>          c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 12.0\vc\include\functional(385) : see reference to function template instantiation 'void std::_Func_class<_Ret,std::string>::_Reset_alloc<FunctionPointer&,std::allocator<std::_Func_class<_Ret,std::string>>>(_Fty,_Alloc)' being compiled
1>          with
1>          [
1>              _Ret=void
1>  ,            _Fty=FunctionPointer &
1>  ,            _Alloc=std::allocator<std::_Func_class<void,std::string>>
1>          ]
1>          c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 12.0\vc\include\functional(671) : see reference to function template instantiation 'void std::_Func_class<_Ret,std::string>::_Reset<FunctionPointer&>(_Fty)' being compiled
1>          with
1>          [
1>              _Ret=void
1>  ,            _Fty=FunctionPointer &
1>          ]
1>          c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 12.0\vc\include\functional(671) : see reference to function template instantiation 'void std::_Func_class<_Ret,std::string>::_Reset<FunctionPointer&>(_Fty)' being compiled
1>          with
1>          [
1>              _Ret=void
1>  ,            _Fty=FunctionPointer &
1>          ]
1>          c:\users\cameron\desktop\desktop\programming\projects\c++ projects\garbage\templatetest\main.cpp(32) : see reference to function template instantiation 'std::function<void (std::string)>::function<FunctionPointer&>(_Fx)' being compiled
1>          with
1>          [
1>              _Fx=FunctionPointer &
1>          ]
1>          c:\users\cameron\desktop\desktop\programming\projects\c++ projects\garbage\templatetest\main.cpp(32) : see reference to function template instantiation 'std::function<void (std::string)>::function<FunctionPointer&>(_Fx)' being compiled
1>          with
1>          [
1>              _Fx=FunctionPointer &
1>          ]