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From: barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Check the Arg Count
Message-ID: <4554@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU>
Date: Sat, 17-Jan-87 03:32:04 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 17 03:32:04 1987
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Reply-To: barmar@eddie.MIT.EDU (Barry Margolin
Organization: MIT, EE/CS Computer Facilities, Cambridge, MA
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In article <1639@enea.UUCP> sommar@enea.UUCP (Erland Sommarskog) writes:
>To get I/O-routines (or whatever scanf() is) with variable parameter lists,
>there seems to be four ways:
>1) Make them standard routines recognized by the compiler. The best alter-
>   native. Specially in a small langauge like C.
>2) Introduce a syntax that allows this. Possible, but not very attrcative.
>3) Skip checking of parameter count. To be straight: Ridiculous.
>4) Forget the whole thing. 

#2 this is the approach taken in ANSI C.  I sure hope it is possible,
and I guess C programmers should get used to the idea even if they don't
find it attractive.
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    Barry Margolin
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