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## Function template make_overloaded_function

boost::make_overloaded_function — Make an overloaded function object without explicitly specifying the function types.

## Synopsis

    // In header: <boost/functional/overloaded_function.hpp>

    template<typename F1, typename F2, ... >
      overloaded_function< __function_type__< F1 >, __function_type__< F2 >,...>
      make_overloaded_function(F1 f1, F2 f2, ...);

## Description

This function template creates and returns an ``overloaded_function`` object that overloads all the specified functions `f1`, `f2`, etc.

The function types are internally determined from the template parameter types so they do not need to be explicitly specified. Therefore, this function template usually has a more concise syntax when compared with ``overloaded_function``. This is especially useful when the explicit type of the returned ``overloaded_function`` object does not need to be known (e.g., when used with Boost.Typeof's `BOOST_AUTO`, C++11 `auto`, or when the overloaded function object is handled using a function template parameter, see the Tutorial section).

The maximum number of functions to overload is given by the ``BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_OVERLOADED_FUNCTION_CONFIG_OVERLOAD_MAX`` configuration macro.

Note: In this documentation, `__function_type__` is a placeholder for a symbol that is specific to the implementation of this library.

See: Tutorial section, ``overloaded_function``, ``BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_OVERLOADED_FUNCTION_CONFIG_OVERLOAD_MAX``.