Using Boost adaptors with C++11 lambdas
http://smellegantcode.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/linq-to-c-or-something-much-better/ But you can use this, that works well. #include <boost/range/adaptors.hpp> #include <boost/range/algorithm.hpp> #include <vector> #include <functional> int main() { std::vector<int> v{ 1,5,4,2,8,5,3,7,9 }; std::function<int(int)> func = [](int i) { return -i; }; std::cout << *boost::min_element(v | boost::adaptors::transformed( func)) << std::endl; return 0; } http://liveworkspace.org/code/b78b3f7d05049515ac207e0c12054c70 #define BOOST_RESULT_OF_USE_DECLTYPE works fine in VS2012 for example.