Why would one use function pointers to member method in C++?

Question

A lot of C++ books and tutorials explain how to do this, but I haven\'t seen one that gives a convincing reason to choose to do this.

I understand very well why functio

Answer 1

It is like using lambdas. You always can pass all necessary local variables to a simple function, but sometimes you have to pass more then one of them.

So using member functions will save you from passing all necessary member fields to a functor. That's all.