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Subject: Re: Grabbing "n" arguments in a function
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Date: 1 May 90 12:57:55 GMT
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In article <744@tmiuv0.uucp> rick@tmiuv0.uucp writes:
>Ok, I know this may be a stupid question, but I'll brave the arrows and
>missiles hurled in my direction...
>
>What's the most portable way for a function to receive an arbitrary list of
>arguments?  The function must receive "n" arguments, all of which are char.
>pointers:
>

I think the most portable way to achieve this is to use "varargs" feature
as provided by the libc.a(on UNIX, I don't know about other OS). See
/usr/include/varargs.h on UNIX System V any release. and also
K&R C book describes how to use it too( 2nd edition of K&R C book pages 
155-159).

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