Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mit.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: pass by address Date: Sat, 03 May 2014 15:58:37 +0200 Organization: http://www.ieee.org/ Lines: 22 Message-ID: <877g63hsky.fsf@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: mit.eternal-september.org; posting-host="30bb5ad9361424c1a1fd2d9061949084"; logging-data="12297"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18elk13fu2lw2Ony8z0SfrL0lVYoHEj+OQ=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:LOlI588BjGPB0xQWLNR5GomvP+Y= sha1:r1VxhXR4bXeqdLQswknJ18yNsLI= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:43962 gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) writes: > In article , > Barry Schwarz wrote: > ... >>>address using the &. But then that second parameter is an elipses and I >>>haven't considered variable argument lists. Way over my head right now >>>anyway. >> >>You might have an easier time understanding things if you didn't keep >>throwing in unrelated issues at the last minute. Variable argument >>lists have nothing to do with whether you pass an object's value or >>its address to a function. That decision is based entirely on the >>requirements of the function. > > YHBT Surely they know? -- "Avoid hyperbole at all costs, its the most destructive argument on the planet" - Mark McIntyre in comp.lang.c