candidate template ignored: couldn't infer template argument

[nvrmnd]

I am writing a getline()-like function that can take a predicate, but clang throws
an error, i have little or no idea why it says so

template <typename Char, class Traits, class Alloc, class Predicate>
std::basic_istream<Char, Traits>&
getwhile( std::basic_istream<Char, Traits>&       stream,
          std::basic_string<Char, Traits, Alloc>& str,
          Predicate pred )
{
    while( Char c = stream.get() ) {
        if( !pred( c ) )
            break;
        str.push_back(c);
    }
    return stream;
}

// ... blah blah

int main()
{
    istringstream getWhileInput( "abcdef$ss" );
    std::string input;

    getwhile( getWhileInput, input, std::isalpha );

    std::cout << "input: " << input << '\n';


}

utility_test.cc:15:5: error: no matching function for call to 'getwhile'
getwhile( getWhileInput, input, std::isalpha );
^~~~~~~~
./../utility.hpp:18:1: note: candidate template ignored: couldn't infer template argument 'Predicate'
getwhile( std::basic_istream<Char, Traits>& stream,

[ne555]

http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/cctype/isalpha/
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/locale/isalpha/
¿which one should be used?

getwhile( getWhileInput, input, ( int(*)(int) )std::isalpha );

I'm not quite sure about the cast, you could also specify it with
getwhile( getWhileInput, input, std::ptr_fun<int,int>(std::isalpha) );


By the way, you may simplify the template parameters of your function

template <class Stream, class String, class Predicate>
Stream& getwhile( Stream &stream, String &s, Predicate pred)
{
	typedef typename Stream::char_type Char;
	//...