Hello,

I had some trouble to overload ->* to make my
smart pointer template more complete. The problem
is that ->* is declared as a binary operator, but
when I want to apply it to a pointer to member
function I see no straightforward way to do
this. In the expression

(smartPtr->*methodPtr)(params)

->* should return a function with only params as
parameters but without a this-pointer. (*)
The other problem is that I have to introduce a
->* operator for each kind of pointer to member.

I would propose to define overloading of ->*
analogous to overloading of ->. It would return
T* or T& and the compiler can use this pointer
to evaluate the righthandside of the operator.

Greetings Manfred

(*) Defining a temporary object remembering the
    this-pointer and the pointer to the member
    function with an overloaded call operator
    to apply the pointer to member function to
    this this-pointer with params as arguments
    seems to be a little bit overcomplicated.
    For each signature I have to introduce an
    extra call operator!

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