Function objects

A function object is any object for which the function call operator is defined. C++ provides many built-in function objects as well as support for creation and manipulation of new function objects.

Polymorphic function wrappers

std::function provides support for storing arbitrary function objects.

function (C++11)	wraps callable object of any type with specified function call signature (class template)
mem_fn (C++11)	creates a function object out of a pointer to a member (function template)
bad_function_call (C++11)	the exception thrown when invoking an empty std::function (class)
invoke (C++17)	invokes any Callable object with given arguments (function template)

Bind

std::bind provides support for partial function application, i.e. binding arguments to functions to produce new functions.

bind (C++11)	binds one or more arguments to a function object (function template)
is_bind_expression (C++11)	indicates that an object is std::bind expression or can be used as one (class template)
is_placeholder (C++11)	indicates that an object is a standard placeholder or can be used as one (class template)
Defined in namespace std::placeholders
_1, _2, _3, _4, ... (C++11)	placeholders for the unbound arguments in a std::bind expression (constant)

Negators

std::not_fn creates a function object that negates the result of the callable object passed to it.

not_fn (C++17)	Creates a function object that returns the complement of the result of the function object it holds (function template)
unary_negate (deprecated)	wrapper function object returning the complement of the unary predicate it holds (class template)
binary_negate (deprecated)	wrapper function object returning the complement of the binary predicate it holds (class template)
not1 (deprecated)	constructs custom std::unary_negate object (function template)
not2 (deprecated)	constructs custom std::binary_negate object (function template)

Searchers

Searchers implementing several string searching algorithms are provided and can be used either directly or with std::search.

default_searcher (C++17)	standard C++ library search algorithm implementation (class template)
boyer_moore_searcher (C++17)	Boyer-Moore search algorithm implementation (class template)
boyer_moore_horspool_searcher (C++17)	Boyer-Moore-Horspool search algorithm implementation (class template)

Reference wrappers

Reference wrappers allow reference arguments to be stored in copyable function objects:

reference_wrapper (C++11)	CopyConstructible and CopyAssignable reference wrapper (class template)
refcref (C++11)(C++11)	creates a std::reference_wrapper with a type deduced from its argument (function template)

Operator function objects

C++ defines several function objects that represent common arithmetic and logical operations:

Arithmetic operations
plus	function object implementing x + y (class template)
minus	function object implementing x - y (class template)
multiplies	function object implementing x * y (class template)
divides	function object implementing x / y (class template)
modulus	function object implementing x % y (class template)
negate	function object implementing -x (class template)
Comparisons
equal_to	function object implementing x == y (class template)
not_equal_to	function object implementing x != y (class template)
greater	function object implementing x > y (class template)
less	function object implementing x < y (class template)
greater_equal	function object implementing x >= y (class template)
less_equal	function object implementing x <= y (class template)
Logical operations
logical_and	function object implementing x && y (class template)
logical_or	function object implementing x || y (class template)
logical_not	function object implementing !x (class template)
Bitwise operations
bit_and	function object implementing x & y (class template)
bit_or	function object implementing x | y (class template)
bit_xor	function object implementing x ^ y (class template)
bit_not (C++14)	function object implementing ~x (class template)

Old binders and adaptors

Several utilities that provided early functional support are deprecated in C++11 and removed in C++17:

Base
unary_function (until C++17)	adaptor-compatible unary function base class (class template)
binary_function (until C++17)	adaptor-compatible binary function base class (class template)
Binders
binder1stbinder2nd (until C++17)(until C++17)	function object holding a binary function and one of its arguments (class template)
bind1stbind2nd (until C++17)(until C++17)	binds one argument to a binary function (function template)
Function adaptors
pointer_to_unary_function (until C++17)	adaptor-compatible wrapper for a pointer to unary function (class template)
pointer_to_binary_function (until C++17)	adaptor-compatible wrapper for a pointer to binary function (class template)
ptr_fun (until C++17)	creates an adaptor-compatible function object wrapper from a pointer to function (function template)
mem_fun_tmem_fun1_tconst_mem_fun_tconst_mem_fun1_t (until C++17)(until C++17)(until C++17)(until C++17)	wrapper for a pointer to nullary or unary member function, callable with a pointer to object (class template)
mem_fun (until C++17)	creates a wrapper from a pointer to member function, callable with a pointer to object (function template)
mem_fun_ref_tmem_fun1_ref_tconst_mem_fun_ref_tconst_mem_fun1_ref_t (until C++17)(until C++17)(until C++17)(until C++17)	wrapper for a pointer to nullary or unary member function, callable with a reference to object (class template)
mem_fun_ref (until C++17)	creates a wrapper from a pointer to member function, callable with a reference to object (function template)