Can C++ class templates take method names as template parameters?

Question

Just like the title asks, can C++ class templates take method names as template parameters?

For instance,

template <T>
class Foo
{
public:
    void T(int bar);
};

Answer 1

Unfortunately, the C++ core language does not have any means of handling names .

Some possibilities:

• Handle names via the preprocessor, ie., ugly macros.
  Note: the Boost parameters library uses some undocumented Boost macro trickery that is very relevant here. I used that for a general options class thing once. Sorry I can't remember much about it, but essentially it supports a kind of variadic macros for C++03.
• Do your own custom preprocessing, ie script based.
• Put the burden on the client code programmer, somehow.

For those who wonder, what does one need this for?, a case in point is how to something like Python's library "named tuple" class, in C++, where the programmer provides the names of the tuple members.