operator member_function_pointer_type() without ty

Question

Is it possible to make an operator member_function_pointer_type() without using typedefs (i.e. by specifying the type of the member function pointer inline)?

For example, when implementing the Safe Bool Idiom:

class Foo
{
    typedef void (Foo::*bool_type)() const;
public:
    operator bool_type() const;
};

is it possible to write out the type of bool_type directly when declaring the operator? If so, how?

Answer 1

It seems that this is the only case where one cannot declare a (typecasting) operator without using a typedef.

Had it been another function name or another operator x, then it works fine:

class Foo 
{
    typedef void (Foo::*bool_type)() const;
public:
    operator bool_type() const;

// other syntax
    void (Foo::* some_func () const) () const;  // ok! named function
    void (Foo::* operator * () const) () const;  // ok! operator *
    void (Foo::* operator () const) () const;  // error! typecasting operator
};

Demo.