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Deferred invokation of functions (with and without parameters). Of course you’ll need a C++11 capable compiler. This example is tested with gcc 4.8.1:

$ g++ -Wall -Wextra -std=c++11 -o invocation invocation.cpp
$ ./invocation

invocation.cpp:

#include <utility>
#include <functional>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

// invoke specified function using the given parameters.
template <typename ... Args>
inline void invoke(function<void(Args ...)> func, Args&& ... args)
{
    func(forward<Args>(args) ...);
}

// invoke specified function using the given parameters. wrapps
// the function pointer to  a std::function.
template <typename ... Args>
inline void invoke(void (*func)(Args ...), Args&& ... args)
{
    invoke(function<void(Args ...)>(func), forward<Args>(args) ...);
}


void f0()
{
    cout << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << endl;
}

void f1(int a)
{
    cout << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << ": a=" << a << endl;
}

void f2(int a, int b)
{
    cout << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << ": a=" << a << " b=" << b << endl;
}

int main(int, char**)
{
    // without wrapper
    invoke(function<void()>(f0));
    invoke(function<void(int)>(f1), 10);
    invoke(function<void(int, int)>(f2), 20, 30);

    // with wrapper
    invoke(f0);
    invoke(f1, 10);
    invoke(f2, 20, 30);

    return 0;
}