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Re: variadic function

From James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: variadic function
Date 2012-02-01 07:55 -0500
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On 02/01/2012 12:50 AM, Keith Thompson wrote:
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> Do you suggest that there are *realistic* cases where a call to a
> variadic function passes N arguments, and the function itself processes
> fewer than N arguments, and where this does not indicate a logical error
> in the program?

Yes: each of the arguments indicates a place to search for something;
the function processes the arguments in turn until it's found what its
searching for, ignoring any remaining arguments.
-- 
James Kuyper

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variadic function Quentin Pope <qp19433@hotmail.NOSPAM.com> - 2011-11-05 22:32 +0000
  Re: variadic function Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-11-05 15:50 -0700
    Re: variadic function Quentin Pope <qp19433@hotmail.NOSPAM.com> - 2011-11-07 17:41 +0000
  Re: variadic function James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-11-05 18:53 -0400
    Re: variadic function Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-11-05 16:35 -0700
      Re: variadic function Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-11-06 01:36 +0000
  Re: variadic function Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-11-06 01:31 +0000
  Re: variadic function Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2011-11-06 09:45 -0800
    Re: variadic function Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-11-06 11:38 -0800
      Re: variadic function Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-01-24 23:24 -0800
        Re: variadic function Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-25 02:54 -0800
          Re: variadic function Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-01-31 18:22 -0800
            Re: variadic function Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-31 21:50 -0800
              Re: variadic function James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-02-01 07:55 -0500
              Re: variadic function Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-02-01 08:06 -0500
                Re: variadic function Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-02-01 11:42 -0800
              Re: variadic function Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2012-02-01 16:15 +0000
                Re: variadic function Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-02-01 11:41 -0800
              Re: variadic function Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2012-02-01 13:41 -0500
                Re: variadic function blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff) - 2012-02-01 10:45 -0800
              Re: variadic function Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-03-08 10:30 -0800
                Re: variadic function Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-03-08 13:57 -0800
                Re: variadic function Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-03-09 13:10 -0800
                Re: variadic function jgk@panix.com (Joe keane) - 2012-03-11 07:56 +0000
                Re: variadic function Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-03-11 13:01 -0700
                Re: variadic function jgk@panix.com (Joe keane) - 2012-03-12 19:04 +0000
                Re: variadic function Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-03-13 15:05 -0700

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