http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52917
--- Comment #2 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-04-09 21:35:07 UTC --- (In reply to comment #1) > Or you can do > > auto y = std::mem_fn((int& (X::*)())&X::get ); Or auto y = std::mem_fn <int&()>(&X::get ); Which should also work with either libstdc++ or libc++