Passing a variable argument list

[Rob Hoelz]

Is there a way to pass the variable argument list from one function to
another? For example:

void my_func(const char *fmt, ...) {
char str[256];
snprintf(str, 255, fmt, ...);
}

I know that probably won't work, but you get my meaning.

Thanks!
--
-Rob Hoelz

[Ashwani]

you could use a macro, if that solves your purpose

#define my_func(fmt,...) snprintf(str, 255, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)

-Mujoo

Rob Hoelz wrote:

Is there a way to pass the variable argument list from one function to
another? For example:

void my_func(const char *fmt, ...) {
char str[256];
snprintf(str, 255, fmt, ...);
}

I know that probably won't work, but you get my meaning.

Thanks!
--
-Rob Hoelz

[mark_bluemel]

Ashwani wrote:

you could use a macro, if that solves your purpose

#define my_func(fmt,...) snprintf(str, 255, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)

1) Please don't top post.
2) I don't believe that feature is standard - IIRC it's a gcc extension.

[mark_bluemel]

Rob Hoelz wrote:

Is there a way to pass the variable argument list from one function to
another? For example:

void my_func(const char *fmt, ...) {
char str[256];
snprintf(str, 255, fmt, ...);
}

I know that probably won't work, but you get my meaning.

The FAQ is available online. The part you need is question 15.12 -
http://c-faq.com/varargs/handoff.html

[CBFalconer]

Ashwani wrote:

Rob Hoelz wrote:

>Is there a way to pass the variable argument list from one
function to another? For example:

void my_func(const char *fmt, ...) {
char str[256];
snprintf(str, 255, fmt, ...);
}

I know that probably won't work, but you get my meaning.

you could use a macro, if that solves your purpose

#define my_func(fmt,...) snprintf(str, 255, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)

Please don't top-post. I fixed this one. Read the following links.

Variadic macros require a C99 compliant system. Most aren't.

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[Rob Hoelz]

CBFalconer <cb********@yahoo.comwrote:

Ashwani wrote:

Rob Hoelz wrote:

Is there a way to pass the variable argument list from one
function to another? For example:

void my_func(const char *fmt, ...) {
char str[256];
snprintf(str, 255, fmt, ...);
}

I know that probably won't work, but you get my meaning.

you could use a macro, if that solves your purpose

#define my_func(fmt,...) snprintf(str, 255, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)

Please don't top-post. I fixed this one. Read the following links.

Variadic macros require a C99 compliant system. Most aren't.

Crap. Two questions following this up:

1) I assume there's a statement (like __cplusplus) that I can check to
see if the compiler's C99 compliant. Does anyone happen to know what
it is?

2) Is there a C89 workaround I can use for non-C99 compilers?

Thanks again!

--
-Rob Hoelz

[Random832]

2006-12-21 <20061221004807.537ebc65@TheRing>,
Rob Hoelz wrote:

Is there a way to pass the variable argument list from one function to
another? For example:

void my_func(const char *fmt, ...) {
char str[256];
snprintf(str, 255, fmt, ...);
}

void my_func(const char *fmt, ...) {
char str[256];
va_list ap;
va_start(ap,fmt);
vsnprintf(str,255,fmt,va_list);
va_end(ap);
}

[Keith Thompson]

ma**********@pobox.com writes:

Ashwani wrote:

>you could use a macro, if that solves your purpose

#define my_func(fmt,...) snprintf(str, 255, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)

1) Please don't top post.
2) I don't believe that feature is standard - IIRC it's a gcc extension.

Both C99 and gcc support variadic macros, but with differing syntax
and semantics. (I don't remember the details.)

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San Diego Supercomputer Center <* <http://users.sdsc.edu/~kst>
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[Keith Thompson]

Rob Hoelz <ho***@wisc.eduwrites:

CBFalconer <cb********@yahoo.comwrote:

>Ashwani wrote:

Rob Hoelz wrote:

[...]

>Is there a way to pass the variable argument list from one
function to another? For example:

void my_func(const char *fmt, ...) {
char str[256];
snprintf(str, 255, fmt, ...);
}

I know that probably won't work, but you get my meaning.

[snip]

1) I assume there's a statement (like __cplusplus) that I can check to
see if the compiler's C99 compliant. Does anyone happen to know what
it is?

You can test for __STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L.

But beware: "gcc -std=c99", for example, defines __STDC_VERSION__ as
199901L, but it doesn't fully implement the C99 standard.)

Most current compilers implement a much simpler test, though:

#if 0

8-)}

2) Is there a C89 workaround I can use for non-C99 compilers?

Take a look at vfprintf() and vsprintf().

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We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this.

[CBFalconer]

Rob Hoelz wrote:

CBFalconer <cb********@yahoo.comwrote:

>Ashwani wrote:

>>Rob Hoelz wrote:

Is there a way to pass the variable argument list from one
function to another? For example:

void my_func(const char *fmt, ...) {
char str[256];
snprintf(str, 255, fmt, ...);
}

I know that probably won't work, but you get my meaning.

you could use a macro, if that solves your purpose

#define my_func(fmt,...) snprintf(str, 255, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)

.... snip ...

>>
Variadic macros require a C99 compliant system. Most aren't.

Crap. Two questions following this up:

1) I assume there's a statement (like __cplusplus) that I can check
to see if the compiler's C99 compliant. Does anyone happen to know
what it is?

#if defined(__STDC__) && (__STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L)
/* This section for C99 up */
#else
/* This section for others */
#endif

>
2) Is there a C89 workaround I can use for non-C99 compilers?

Use gcc. Read its docs.

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