Re: Threads across programming languages

On 03/05/2024 09:58, Bonita Montero wrote:

Am 03.05.2024 um 09:38 schrieb David Brown:
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No it is not.  C-style functions (or C++ functions for that matter) are not objects, and do not have calling operators.  Built-in operators do not belong to a type, in the way that class operators do.

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You can assign a C-style function pointer to an auto function-object.

 A C-style function /pointer/ is an object.  A C-style /function/ is not.   Do you understand the difference?

 

That these function objects all have the same type doesn't metter.
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You missed the point entirely.  Lambdas can be used in many ways like functions, and it is possible for one function (or lambda) to return a different function, and can be used for higher-order functions (functions that have functions as parameters or return types).  They do not mean that C++ can treat functions as first-class objects, but they /do/ mean that you can get many of the effects you might want if C++ functions really were first-class objects.

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C-style functions and lambda-types are generically interchangeable.
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