mem_fn to function of member object

Question

I was tinkering around with the std::mem_fn and couldn't manage to bind it to data/functions of an member of a struct (one layer deeper).

I hope that the code shows the problem better than I can describe it, because I'm not familiar with the terminology.

#include <functional>

struct Int
{
    Int(int _x = 0) : x(_x) {}
    int GetInt() const { return x; }
    int x;
};

struct IntWrapper
{
    IntWrapper(int _x = 0) : test(_x) {}
    int GetWrappedInt() const { return test.GetInt(); }
    Int test;
};

int main()
{    
    IntWrapper wrapper{ 123 };

    auto x = std::mem_fn(&IntWrapper::GetWrappedInt);
    //auto y = std::mem_fn(&IntWrapper::test.GetInt); // ERROR
    //auto z = std::mem_fn(&IntWrapper::test.x); // ERROR

    int a = x(wrapper);
    //int b = y(wrapper);
    //int c = z(wrapper);

    //std::cin.ignore();

    return 0;
}

The error message is the following:

error C2228: left of '.GetInt' must have class/struct/union
error C2672: 'std::mem_fn': no matching overloaded function found
error C3536: 'y': cannot be used before it is initialized
error C2064: term does not evaluate to a function taking 1 arguments

Question: Is it possible to make these binds? Do I need std::bind for this?

Answer 1

According to the specification, std::mem_fn() takes as argument a member function pointer, i.e.

auto y = std::mem_fn(&Int::GetInt);
auto b = y(wrapper.test);

As far as I'm aware, std::mem_fn() is more or less obsolete, since lambda expressions. For example

auto y = [](IntWrapper const&wrapper) { return wrapper.test.GetInt(); };
auto b = y(wrapper);    // note: no need to get hold of member 'test'