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stackoverflow-questions-39173519-template-type-deduction-with-stdfunction.cpp

#include<functional>

template<class T>
struct AsFunction
    : public AsFunction<decltype(&T::operator())>
{};

template<class ReturnType, class... Args>
struct AsFunction<ReturnType(Args...)> {
  using type = std::function<ReturnType(Args...)>;
};

template<class ReturnType, class... Args>
struct AsFunction<ReturnType(*)(Args...)> {
  using type = std::function<ReturnType(Args...)>;
};


template<class Class, class ReturnType, class... Args>
struct AsFunction<ReturnType(Class::*)(Args...) const> {
  using type = std::function<ReturnType(Args...)>;
};

template<class F>
auto toFunction( F f ) -> typename AsFunction<F>::type {
  return {f};
}

template <typename T>
void stdfunc_test(std::function<T(T)> func) {};

int test_func(int arg)
{
    return arg + 2;
}


int main()
{

    stdfunc_test( toFunction([](int _) {return _ + 2;}) );
    stdfunc_test( toFunction(test_func) );
    return 0;
}