Hi there, I have posted this question last Friday, already. But maybe my example was too confusing. Here is a more simple example. Basically, I don't see what the big difference is when using boost::bind with a pointer vector ( std::vector ) and a static array of info. Please consider the following code: #include <string> #include <algorithm> #include <functional> #include <vector> #include using namespace std; using namespace boost; struct info { int a; string s; }; static info table[] = { { 16, "Hello" }, { 18, "Moin" } }; string& get_s( info* p ) { return p->s; } int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) { { vector v; find_if( v.begin(), v.end() , bind( equal_to<string>() , bind( &get_s, _1 ) , "Moin" )); } { find_if( &table[0], &table[0] + 2 , bind( equal_to<string>() , bind( &get_s, _1 ) , "Moin" )); } } The second find_if wont complie using MSVC 7.1. The errors are: c:\boost\boost\bind.hpp(219) : error C2664: 'std::string &(info *)' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'info' to 'info *' No user-defined-conversion operator available that can perform this conversion, or the operator cannot be called c:\boost\boost\bind\bind_template.hpp(139) : see reference to function template instantiation 'R boost::_bi::list1<A1>::operator ()::result_type,std::string&(__cdecl *)(info *),A>(boost::_bi::type<T>,F & ,A &,long)' being compiled with [ R=boost::_bi::bind_t>::B1>>::result_type, A1=boost::_bi::list_av_1>::B1, F=std::string &(__cdecl *)(info *), L=boost::_bi::list1>::B1>, A=const boost::_bi::list1, T=boost::_bi::bind_t>::B1>>::result_type ] c:\boost\boost\bind.hpp(213) : see reference to function template instantiation 'boost::_bi::bind_t::result_type boost::_bi::bind_t::eval(A &)' being compiled with [ R=std::string &, F=std::string &(__cdecl *)(info *), L=boost::_bi::list1>::B1>, A1=info &, A=const boost::_bi::list1 ] [snip] Any ideas? Christian