varargs

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

Synopsis

varargs ::=

empty

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

No additional attributes.

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 attributes and 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(...);