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Bind can't use `boost::result_of`

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
devtools

Research direction

Start with the shortest reproducible example linked in the issue and inspect how boost::bind determines the result type of a passed functional object. Compare that behavior with boost::result_of and identify the compatibility implications of using it. Done means the reported case works without requiring result_type, with the breaking-change impact understood and covered by tests.

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Description

I discovered that boost::bind strongly requires to have result_type meta-field from the type of the passed functional object. I was surprised, because why not to use boost::result_of when possible?
Can we fix it, even it will be a breaking change?

The shortest-reproducible example here:
https://godbolt.org/z/5fhb1hdYa

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