template specialization for static member functions; howto?

Question

I am trying to implement a template function with handles void differently using template specialization.

The following code gives me an \"Explicit specialization in non

Answer 1

Your problem appears to be with boost::function - the following specialisations work:

template 
T safeGuiCall()
{
    return T();
}

template <>
void safeGuiCall()
{
}

int main() {
    int x = safeGuiCall();     // ok
    //int z = safeGuiCall();  // this should & does fail
    safeGuiCall();            // ok
}