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Partial function application

by Rainer Grimm

From the article:

A few weeks ago, I had a discussion with a few of my readers. One reader said that I should write about Partial Function Applications. Another reader mentioned that C++ does not support function applications. This is wrong. C++ supports Partial Function Application. Consequently, I am writing today about std::function, std::bind, std::bind_front, lambdas, auto, and currying.

Let me start with a bit of theory...