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How to append parameter using boost::bind?


I'm trying to append another parameter to a ROS subscriber callback function using boost::bind, but I can't figure what is wrong with my code:

This is the callback function signature:

void setDigitalOutputCallback(const std_msgs::Bool& cmd, int index);

in a usual ROS callback, there would be only the first (cmd) parameter). Then I'm trying to set the callback using:

digitalOutputSub[i] = nh.subscribe(topicName, 1, boost::bind(setDigitalOutputCallback, _1, i));

Sample code:

#include "std_msgs/Bool.h"
#include "ros/ros.h"

void setDigitalOutputCallback(const std_msgs::Bool& cmd, int index) {

}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    ros::init(argc, argv, "blaster_driver");
    ros::NodeHandle nh;
    ros::Subscriber digitalOutputSub;
    std::string topicName = "test";
    int i = 1;
    digitalOutputSub = nh.subscribe(topicName.c_str(), 1, boost::bind(setDigitalOutputCallback, _1, i));

    return 0;
}

The compiler is giving a lot of errors on that line, but I can't understand what is wrong there:

test.cpp: In function ‘int main(int, char**)’: test.cpp:15:100: error: no matching function for call to ‘ros::NodeHandle::subscribe(const char*, int, boost::_bi::bind_t<void, void (*)(const std_msgs::Bool_<std::allocator<void> >&, int), boost::_bi::list2<boost::arg<1>, boost::_bi::value<int> > >)’   digitalOutputSub = nh.subscribe(topicName.c_str(), 1, boost::bind(setDigitalOutputCallback, _1, i));
                                                                                                    ^ In file included from /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/ros.h:45:0,
                 from test.cpp:2: /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:401:14: note: candidate: template<class M, class T> ros::Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe(const string&, uint32_t, void (T::*)(M), T*, const ros::TransportHints&)    Subscriber subscribe(const std::string& topic, uint32_t queue_size, void(T::*fp)(M), T* obj,
              ^~~~~~~~~ /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:401:14: note:   template argument deduction/substitution failed: test.cpp:15:100: note:   mismatched types ‘void (T::*)(M)’ and ‘boost::_bi::bind_t<void, void (*)(const std_msgs::Bool_<std::allocator<void> >&, int), boost::_bi::list2<boost::arg<1>, boost::_bi::value<int> > >’   digitalOutputSub = nh.subscribe(topicName.c_str(), 1, boost::bind(setDigitalOutputCallback, _1, i));
                                                                                                    ^ In file included from /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/ros.h:45:0,
                 from test.cpp:2: /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:412:14: note: candidate: template<class M, class T> ros::Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe(const string&, uint32_t, void (T::*)(M) const, T*, const ros::TransportHints&)    Subscriber subscribe(const std::string& topic, uint32_t queue_size, void(T::*fp)(M) const, T* obj,
              ^~~~~~~~~ /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:412:14: note:   template argument deduction/substitution failed: test.cpp:15:100: note:   mismatched types ‘void (T::*)(M) const’ and ‘boost::_bi::bind_t<void, void (*)(const std_msgs::Bool_<std::allocator<void> >&, int), boost::_bi::list2<boost::arg<1>, boost::_bi::value<int> > >’   digitalOutputSub = nh.subscribe(topicName.c_str(), 1, boost::bind(setDigitalOutputCallback, _1, i));
                                                                                                    ^ In file included from /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/ros.h:45:0,
                 from test.cpp:2: /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:464:14: note: candidate: template<class M, class T> ros::Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe(const string&, uint32_t, void (T::*)(const boost::shared_ptr<const M>&), T*, const ros::TransportHints&)    Subscriber subscribe(const std::string& topic, uint32_t queue_size,
              ^~~~~~~~~ /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:464:14: note:   template argument deduction/substitution failed: test.cpp:15:100: note:   mismatched types ‘void (T::*)(const boost::shared_ptr<const M>&)’ and ‘boost::_bi::bind_t<void, void (*)(const std_msgs::Bool_<std::allocator<void> >&, int), boost::_bi::list2<boost::arg<1>, boost::_bi::value<int> > >’   digitalOutputSub = nh.subscribe(topicName.c_str(), 1, boost::bind(setDigitalOutputCallback, _1, i));
                                                                                                    ^ In file included from /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/ros.h:45:0,
                 from test.cpp:2: /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:474:14: note: candidate: template<class M, class T> ros::Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe(const string&, uint32_t, void (T::*)(const boost::shared_ptr<const M>&) const, T*, const ros::TransportHints&)    Subscriber subscribe(const std::string& topic, uint32_t queue_size,
              ^~~~~~~~~ /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:474:14: note:   template argument deduction/substitution failed: test.cpp:15:100: note:   mismatched types ‘void (T::*)(const boost::shared_ptr<const M>&) const’ and ‘boost::_bi::bind_t<void, void (*)(const std_msgs::Bool_<std::allocator<void> >&, int), boost::_bi::list2<boost::arg<1>, boost::_bi::value<int> > >’   digitalOutputSub = nh.subscribe(topicName.c_str(), 1, boost::bind(setDigitalOutputCallback, _1, i));
                                                                                                    ^ In file included from /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/ros.h:45:0,
                 from test.cpp:2: /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:528:14: note: candidate: template<class M, class T> ros::Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe(const string&, uint32_t, void (T::*)(M), const boost::shared_ptr<U>&, const ros::TransportHints&)    Subscriber subscribe(const std::string& topic, uint32_t queue_size, void(T::*fp)(M),
              ^~~~~~~~~ /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:528:14: note:   template argument deduction/substitution failed: test.cpp:15:100: note:   mismatched types ‘void (T::*)(M)’ and ‘boost::_bi::bind_t<void, void (*)(const std_msgs::Bool_<std::allocator<void> >&, int), boost::_bi::list2<boost::arg<1>, boost::_bi::value<int> > >’   digitalOutputSub = nh.subscribe(topicName.c_str(), 1, boost::bind(setDigitalOutputCallback, _1, i));
                                                                                                    ^ In file included from /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/ros.h:45:0,
                 from test.cpp:2: /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:539:14: note: candidate: template<class M, class T> ros::Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe(const string&, uint32_t, void (T::*)(M) const, const boost::shared_ptr<U>&, const ros::TransportHints&)    Subscriber subscribe(const std::string& topic, uint32_t queue_size, void(T::*fp)(M) const,
              ^~~~~~~~~ /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:539:14: note:   template argument deduction/substitution failed: test.cpp:15:100: note:   mismatched types ‘void (T::*)(M) const’ and ‘boost::_bi::bind_t<void, void (*)(const std_msgs::Bool_<std::allocator<void> >&, int), boost::_bi::list2<boost::arg<1>, boost::_bi::value<int> > >’   digitalOutputSub = nh.subscribe(topicName.c_str(), 1, boost::bind(setDigitalOutputCallback, _1, i));
                                                                                                    ^ In file included from /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/ros.h:45:0,
                 from test.cpp:2: /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:593:14: note: candidate: template<class M, class T> ros::Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe(const string&, uint32_t, void (T::*)(const boost::shared_ptr<const M>&), const boost::shared_ptr<U>&, const ros::TransportHints&)    Subscriber subscribe(const std::string& topic, uint32_t queue_size,
              ^~~~~~~~~ /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:593:14: note:   template argument deduction/substitution failed: test.cpp:15:100: note:   mismatched types ‘void (T::*)(const boost::shared_ptr<const M>&)’ and ‘boost::_bi::bind_t<void, void (*)(const std_msgs::Bool_<std::allocator<void> >&, int), boost::_bi::list2<boost::arg<1>, boost::_bi::value<int> > >’   digitalOutputSub = nh.subscribe(topicName.c_str(), 1, boost::bind(setDigitalOutputCallback, _1, i));
                                                                                                    ^ In file included from /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/ros.h:45:0,
                 from test.cpp:2: /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:604:14: note: candidate: template<class M, class T> ros::Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe(const string&, uint32_t, void (T::*)(const boost::shared_ptr<const M>&) const, const boost::shared_ptr<U>&, const ros::TransportHints&)    Subscriber subscribe(const std::string& topic, uint32_t queue_size,
              ^~~~~~~~~ /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:604:14: note:   template argument deduction/substitution failed: test.cpp:15:100: note:   mismatched types ‘void (T::*)(const boost::shared_ptr<const M>&) const’ and ‘boost::_bi::bind_t<void, void (*)(const std_msgs::Bool_<std::allocator<void> >&, int), boost::_bi::list2<boost::arg<1>, boost::_bi::value<int> > >’   digitalOutputSub = nh.subscribe(topicName.c_str(), 1, boost::bind(setDigitalOutputCallback, _1, i));
                                                                                                    ^ In file included from /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/ros.h:45:0,
                 from test.cpp:2: /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:655:14: note: candidate: template<class M> ros::Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe(const string&, uint32_t, void (*)(M), const ros::TransportHints&)    Subscriber subscribe(const std::string& topic, uint32_t queue_size, void(*fp)(M), const TransportHints& transport_hints = TransportHints())
              ^~~~~~~~~ /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:655:14: note:   template argument deduction/substitution failed: test.cpp:15:100: note:   mismatched types ‘void (*)(M)’ and ‘boost::_bi::bind_t<void, void (*)(const std_msgs::Bool_<std::allocator<void> >&, int), boost::_bi::list2<boost::arg<1>, boost::_bi::value<int> > >’   digitalOutputSub = nh.subscribe(topicName.c_str(), 1, boost::bind(setDigitalOutputCallback, _1, i));
                                                                                                    ^ In file included from /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/ros.h:45:0,
                 from test.cpp:2: /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:703:14: note: candidate: template<class M> ros::Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe(const string&, uint32_t, void (*)(const boost::shared_ptr<const M>&), const ros::TransportHints&)    Subscriber subscribe(const std::string& topic, uint32_t queue_size, void(*fp)(const boost::shared_ptr<M const>&), const TransportHints& transport_hints = TransportHints())
              ^~~~~~~~~ /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:703:14: note:   template argument deduction/substitution failed: test.cpp:15:100: note:   mismatched types ‘void (*)(const boost::shared_ptr<const M>&)’ and ‘boost::_bi::bind_t<void, void (*)(const std_msgs::Bool_<std::allocator<void> >&, int), boost::_bi::list2<boost::arg<1>, boost::_bi::value<int> > >’   digitalOutputSub = nh.subscribe(topicName.c_str(), 1, boost::bind(setDigitalOutputCallback, _1, i));
                                                                                                    ^ In file included from /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/ros.h:45:0,
                 from test.cpp:2: /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:749:14: note: candidate: template<class M> ros::Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe(const string&, uint32_t, const boost::function<void(const boost::shared_ptr<const M>&)>&, const VoidConstPtr&, const ros::TransportHints&)    Subscriber subscribe(const std::string& topic, uint32_t queue_size, const boost::function<void (const boost::shared_ptr<M const>&)>& callback,
              ^~~~~~~~~ /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:749:14: note:   template argument deduction/substitution failed: test.cpp:15:100: note:   ‘boost::_bi::bind_t<void, void (*)(const std_msgs::Bool_<std::allocator<void> >&, int), boost::_bi::list2<boost::arg<1>, boost::_bi::value<int> > >’ is not derived from ‘const boost::function<void(const boost::shared_ptr<const M>&)>’   digitalOutputSub = nh.subscribe(topicName.c_str(), 1, boost::bind(setDigitalOutputCallback, _1, i));
                                                                                                    ^ In file included from /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/ros.h:45:0,
                 from test.cpp:2: /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:798:14: note: candidate: template<class M, class C> ros::Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe(const string&, uint32_t, const boost::function<void(C)>&, const VoidConstPtr&, const ros::TransportHints&)    Subscriber subscribe(const std::string& topic, uint32_t queue_size, const boost::function<void (C)>& callback,
              ^~~~~~~~~ /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:798:14: note:   template argument deduction/substitution failed: test.cpp:15:100: note:   ‘boost::_bi::bind_t<void, void (*)(const std_msgs::Bool_<std::allocator<void> >&, int), boost::_bi::list2<boost::arg<1>, boost::_bi::value<int> > >’ is not derived from ‘const boost::function<void(C)>’   digitalOutputSub = nh.subscribe(topicName.c_str(), 1, boost::bind(setDigitalOutputCallback, _1, i));
                                                                                                    ^ In file included from /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/ros.h:45:0,
                 from test.cpp:2: /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:835:14: note: candidate: ros::Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe(ros::SubscribeOptions&)    Subscriber subscribe(SubscribeOptions& ops);
              ^~~~~~~~~ /opt/ros/indigo/include/ros/node_handle.h:835:14: note:   candidate expects 1 argument, 3 provided

Solution

  • From the doc, it seems you want to use following overload:

    Subscriber ros::NodeHandle::subscribe(
        const std::string & topic,
        uint32_t queue_size,
        const boost::function<void(C)> &    callback,
        const VoidConstPtr &    tracked_object = VoidConstPtr(),
        const TransportHints &  transport_hints = TransportHints() 
    )
    

    But you don't have correct matching, try to create your boost::function as variable:

    boost::function<void (const std_msgs::Bool&)> f =
        boost::bind(setDigitalOutputCallback, _1, i);
    
    digitalOutputSub = nh.subscribe(topicName.c_str(), 1, f);
    

    Not sure if you don't have to specify template argument:

    digitalOutputSub = nh.subscribe<std_msgs::Bool>(topicName.c_str(), 1, f);