Question

I’m sure this has been asked before, but it’s just hard to search for…
So, what I’ve got is a function that accepts a function pointer. This function pointer has, say, 3 arguments. So, I want to pass to another function, the same pointer, but with 2 arguments filled in.

So, something like this:

int func1 (int (*funcptr)(int, int, int)) {
  return func2(funcptr(,8,9));
}

int func2 (int (*funcptr)(int)) {
  return (*funcptr)(2);
}

EDIT:
Ok so I got this now with the usage of a lambda

int func2(int (*funcptr2)(int)) {
  return (*funcptr2)(2);
}
int func1(int (*funcptr1)(int, int, int)) {
  return func2(
    [funcptr1](int i)->int {
      return (*funcptr1)(i,8,9);
    }
  );
}

But it’s giving me

“cannot convert func1(int (*)(int, int, int))::<lambda(int)> to int (*)(int) for argument 1 to int func2(int (*)(int))“

Answer 1

To answer your updated question, a lambda which captures variables (as your lambda does with funcptr1) cannot be converted to a function pointer. Intuitively this makes sense since your lambda must store this captured variable per lambda; whereas there is no way to do that with a function pointer.

The best solution is probably to take an argument of type std::function, which is a wrapper for any callable type:

int func2(std::function<int(int)> funcptr2) {
  return funcptr2(2);
}
int func1(std::function<int(int,int,int)> funcptr1) {
  return func2(
    [funcptr1](int i)->int {
      return funcptr1(i,8,9);
    }
  );
}

You can also use templates to make your functions work for any callable type:

template <typename F>
int func2(F funcptr2) {
  return funcptr2(2);
}
template <typename F>
int func1(F funcptr1) {
  return func2(
    [funcptr1](int i)->int {
      return funcptr1(i,8,9);
    }
  );
}