varargs
varargs — An empty element in a function synopsis indicating a variable number of arguments.
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
(…)
.
Parents
These elements contain varargs
: funcprototype
, macroprototype
.
See Also
Related elements: funcdef
, funcparams
, funcprototype
, funcsynopsisinfo
, function
, paramdef
, parameter
, returnvalue
, void
.
Examples
1<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Example varargs</title>
<funcsynopsis>
5<funcsynopsisinfo>
#include <varargs.h>
</funcsynopsisinfo>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>max</function></funcdef>
10<varargs/>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
</article>
#include <varargs.h>
int max(...);