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From: torek@elf.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: prototypes, NULL, and magic
Message-ID: <11697@dog.ee.lbl.gov>
Date: 2 Apr 91 19:40:48 GMT
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In article <1561@sheol.UUCP> throopw@sheol.UUCP (Wayne Throop) writes:
>So, specifically: under the upcoming BSD release, with prototypes in
>scope, is it really safe to use unadorned NULL to terminate a
>variable argument list a-la execl(2) family as Chris seemed to
>imply (but did not explicitly state)?

Oh, is *that* what you meant?  Of course the answer is `no' ..

>More generally, with prototypes in scope, are there any but the default
>promotions which occur for arguments referenced by the "..." argument
>specifier?

... because the answer to this is (perforce) `no'.
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