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

I have used member function pointers parsing a file. Depending on specific strings found in the file the same value was found in a map and the associated function called. This was instead of a large if..else if..else statement comparing strings.