I have a templated function that invokes another function and stores its return value, then does some work before returning the value. I'd like to extend this to handle T = void, and was wondering if specialization is my only option.

template<typename T>
T Foo( T(*Func)() ) 
{
    // do something first (e.g. some setup)
    T result = Func();
    // do something after (e.g. some tear down)
    return result;
}

// Is this specialization the only option?
template<>
void Foo<void>( void(*Func)() ) 
{
    // do something first (e.g. some setup)
    Func();
    // do something after (e.g. some tear down)
    return;
}

void Bar() {}
int BarInt() { return 1; }

int main()
{
    Foo<int>(&BarInt);
    Foo<void>(&Bar);
}

Or can the regular version of Foo be modified to handle the void type and basically do nothing in that case? I was thinking that maybe my local result could be wrapped in a type that could handle void maybe, but could also see the assignment as being a deal-breaker.

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