On Monday, January 8, 2024, Giuseppe D'Angelo via Std-Proposals <
std-proposals_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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>> std::invoke_func_as_memfunc(pf, &myvar, 56.7L);
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> If you have to use a special facility to invoke the
> faux-pointer-to-function anyhow, then what's the point of
> "memfunc_to_func"? It sounds like a terrible idea, as it would be
> completely type unsafe.
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I had hoped two things:

(1) That a member function pointer could be reduced to just a function
pointer
(2) That the address of the implementation of a virtual function could be
ascertained without invoking the member function

Looking at how member function pointers are implemented though on some
computers (e.g. v-table offset + delta this), it seems that goal No. 1
wouldn't be attainable without also keeping the type information.

So I'm scrapping this idea and will go back to peddling std::unaligned.