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From: Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Function factories
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David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> writes:

> If you want to stick close to C, then C++11 supports lambda functions
> and closures.

And all C++ supports functors (i.e. classes with operator()) which will
certainly do the job in many use-cases...