varargs

varargs — An empty element in a function synopsis indicating a variable number of arguments.

Synopsis

varargs ::=

  • empty

Description

A varargs indicates that a function takes a variable number of arguments.

Processing expectations

The varargs element produces generated text that indicates that the function takes a variable number of arguments. The exact generated text may vary. One common result is (…).

Attributes

Common linking attributes.

any attribute

Any attribute in any other explicit namespace

Parents

These elements contain varargs: funcprototype, macroprototype.

Examples

 1 |<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
   |<title>Example varargs</title>
   | 
   |<funcsynopsis>
 5 |<funcsynopsisinfo>
   |#include &lt;varargs.h&gt;
   |</funcsynopsisinfo>
   |<funcprototype>
   |  <funcdef>int <function>max</function></funcdef>
10 |  <varargs/>
   |</funcprototype>
   |</funcsynopsis>
   | 
   |</article>


#include <varargs.h>
int max(...);