From:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject:	Re: Help with variable argument-list (va_list)
Date:	29 Sep 2000 09:37:34 GMT
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In comp.os.msdos.djgpp A. Jans-Beken <jansb000 AT wxs DOT nl> wrote:
> I am trying to create a wrapper for a function that uses a variable
> argument list (like printf).

You can't do that, at least not in a portable way. You cannot
construct a variable argument list at run time. A function can take a
variable number of arguments, but no funcation can *call* another with
a number of arguments that is not fixed at compile time.

That's why there is the function 'vprintf()', too. Look it up
(together with the <stdarg.h> macros like va_arg(), va_start() and
friends) in your favourite textbook or tutorial.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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