On 2013-06-10 18:34, Manu wrote:

On 11 June 2013 02:26, Jacob Carlborg <doob@me.com <mailto:doob@me.com>>

wrote:

    On 2013-06-10 17:40, David Nadlinger wrote:

        Let me try to summarize it in code:

        ---
        class A { void foo(); }
        auto memberFun = (&A.foo).funcptr;

        auto a = new A;
        memberFun(a);
        ---


    Why is this better than a delegate?

It's not 'better', it's different.

class A { void foo(); }
auto memberFun = (&A.foo).funcptr;

auto a = new A;

void delegate () dg;
dg.funcptr = memberFun;
dg.ptr = cast(void*) a;
dg();

The details can be hidden in a function call. Sure, a delegate could be type safe but still don't see the point.