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## Reference

### Definitions

- A function object `f` is compatible if for the given set of argument types `Arg1`, `Arg2`, ..., `ArgN` and a return type `ResultType`, the appropriate following function is well-formed:

        // if ResultType is not void
        ResultType foo(Arg1 arg1, Arg2 arg2, ..., ArgN argN)
        {
          return f(arg1, arg2, ..., argN);
        }

        // if ResultType is void
        ResultType foo(Arg1 arg1, Arg2 arg2, ..., ArgN argN)
        {
          f(arg1, arg2, ..., argN);
        }

  A special provision is made for pointers to member functions. Though they are not function objects, Boost.Function will adapt them internally to function objects. This requires that a pointer to member function of the form `R (X::*mf)(Arg1, Arg2, ..., ArgN) cv-quals` be adapted to a function object with the following function call operator overloads:

        template<typename P>
        R operator()(cv-quals P& x, Arg1 arg1, Arg2 arg2, ..., ArgN argN) const
        {
          return (*x).*mf(arg1, arg2, ..., argN);
        }

- A function object `f` of type `F` is stateless if it is a function pointer or if `boost::is_stateless<T>` is true. The construction of or copy to a Boost.Function object from a stateless function object will not cause exceptions to be thrown and will not allocate any storage.

### Header <boost/function.hpp>

    namespace boost {
      class bad_function_call;
      class function_base;
      template<typename R, typename T1, typename T2, ..., typename TN>
        class functionN;
      template<typename T1, typename T2, ..., typename TN>
        void swap(functionN<T1, T2, ..., TN>&, functionN<T1, T2, ..., TN>&);
      template<typename T1, typename T2, ..., typename TN, typename Functor>
        bool operator==(const functionN<T1, T2, ..., TN>&, Functor);
      template<typename T1, typename T2, ..., typename TN, typename Functor>
        bool operator==(Functor, const functionN<T1, T2, ..., TN>&);
      template<typename T1, typename T2, ..., typename TN, typename Functor>
        bool operator==(const functionN<T1, T2, ..., TN>&,
                        reference_wrapper<Functor>);
      template<typename T1, typename T2, ..., typename TN, typename Functor>
        bool operator==(reference_wrapper<Functor>,
                        const functionN<T1, T2, ..., TN>&);
      template<typename T1, typename T2, ..., typename TN, typename U1,
               typename U2, ..., typename UN>
        void operator==(const functionN<T1, T2, ..., TN>&,
                        const functionN<U1, U2, ..., UN>&);
      template<typename T1, typename T2, ..., typename TN, typename Functor>
        bool operator!=(const functionN<T1, T2, ..., TN>&, Functor);
      template<typename T1, typename T2, ..., typename TN, typename Functor>
        bool operator!=(Functor, const functionN<T1, T2, ..., TN>&);
      template<typename T1, typename T2, ..., typename TN, typename Functor>
        bool operator!=(const functionN<T1, T2, ..., TN>&,
                        reference_wrapper<Functor>);
      template<typename T1, typename T2, ..., typename TN, typename Functor>
        bool operator!=(reference_wrapper<Functor>,
                        const functionN<T1, T2, ..., TN>&);
      template<typename T1, typename T2, ..., typename TN, typename U1,
               typename U2, ..., typename UN>
        void operator!=(const functionN<T1, T2, ..., TN>&,
                        const functionN<U1, U2, ..., UN>&);
      template<typename Signature> class function;
      template<typename Signature>
        void swap(function<Signature>&, function<Signature>&);
      template<typename Signature, typename Functor>
        bool operator==(const function<Signature>&, Functor);
      template<typename Signature, typename Functor>
        bool operator==(Functor, const function<Signature>&);
      template<typename Signature, typename Functor>
        bool operator==(const function<Signature>&, reference_wrapper<Functor>);
      template<typename Signature, typename Functor>
        bool operator==(reference_wrapper<Functor>, const function<Signature>&);
      template<typename Signature1, typename Signature2>
        void operator==(const function<Signature1>&, const function<Signature2>&);
      template<typename Signature, typename Functor>
        bool operator!=(const function<Signature>&, Functor);
      template<typename Signature, typename Functor>
        bool operator!=(Functor, const function<Signature>&);
      template<typename Signature, typename Functor>
        bool operator!=(const function<Signature>&, reference_wrapper<Functor>);
      template<typename Signature, typename Functor>
        bool operator!=(reference_wrapper<Functor>, const function<Signature>&);
      template<typename Signature1, typename Signature2>
        void operator!=(const function<Signature1>&, const function<Signature2>&);
    }

### Header <boost/function_equal.hpp>

    namespace boost {
      template<typename F, typename G> bool function_equal(const F&, const G&);
    }