I am trying to master the variable argument list!
C99 tells me:
7.15.1.4 The va_start macro:
1 #include <stdarg.h>
void va_start(va_list ap, parmN);
4 The parameter parmN is the identifier of the rightmost parameter in
the variable parameter list in the function definition (the one just
before the , ...).
But then i see in 7.15.1.4.7:
void f3(int n_ptrs, int f4_after, ...)
{
va_list ap, ap_save;
char *array[MAXARGS];
int ptr_no = 0;
if (n_ptrs > MAXARGS)
n_ptrs = MAXARGS;
va_start(ap, n_ptrs); ??????
Should this be va_start(ap, f4_after)?
I thought that the parmN is used, by the va_start macro, to "find" the
address of the first variable argument (the one just after the one
before ,...) and let ap 'point' to that.
Am i mistaking, probably so, but where?
Zoe 3 4397
zoe wrote: I am trying to master the variable argument list!
C99 tells me:
7.15.1.4 The va_start macro:
1 #include <stdarg.h> void va_start(va_list ap, parmN);
4 The parameter parmN is the identifier of the rightmost parameter in the variable parameter list in the function definition (the one just before the , ...).
But then i see in 7.15.1.4.7:
void f3(int n_ptrs, int f4_after, ...) { va_list ap, ap_save; char *array[MAXARGS]; int ptr_no = 0; if (n_ptrs > MAXARGS) n_ptrs = MAXARGS; va_start(ap, n_ptrs); ??????
Should this be va_start(ap, f4_after)?
I thought that the parmN is used, by the va_start macro, to "find" the address of the first variable argument (the one just after the one before ,...) and let ap 'point' to that. Am i mistaking, probably so, but where?
It looks like you've spotted a bug in the Standard;
I've cross-posted this to comp.std.c for the experts' opinion.
Fortunately (?) the error is in an example, and examples are
not normative, so we can claim that the Standard is in some
sense correct even if its "supporting documentation" is faulty.
And, yes: the va_start() should refer to `f4_after',
not to `n_ptrs'.
-- Er*********@sun.com
zoe wrote: But then i see in 7.15.1.4.7:
void f3(int n_ptrs, int f4_after, ...) { va_list ap, ap_save; char *array[MAXARGS]; int ptr_no = 0; if (n_ptrs > MAXARGS) n_ptrs = MAXARGS; va_start(ap, n_ptrs); ??????
Should this be va_start(ap, f4_after)?
Yes. Looks like a copy-and-paste bug.
Jeremy.
In comp.std.c Eric Sosman <Er*********@sun.com> wrote:
It looks like you've spotted a bug in the Standard;
Noted.
-Larry Jones
Why is it you always rip your pants on the day everyone has to
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