Can I use C++11 lambda with libevent?

Question

There is a callback function type in libevent used by event_new().

typedef void (*event_callback_fn)(evutil_socket_t, short, void *);

I want use lambda with event_callback_fn.

If I use

[](evutil_socket_t fd, short flags, void * _param){}

everything is OK.
But if I use the lambda capture list

[&](evutil_socket_t fd, short flags, void * _param){} 

event_new() will not be compiled.

Answer 1

The type alias

void (*event_callback_fn)(evutil_socket_t, short, void *);

is a function pointer. Lambdas can automatically convert to function pointers, when they don't capture anything. As soon as you define a closure (stateful lambda), you can't pass it as an argument of type event_callback_fn.