Re: "standard" C calling convention?

marcov@stack.nl (Marco van de Voort) writes:
|> > A better way of putting that would be that C requires that without any
|> > extra data describing the parameters. (like number, type etc).
|> > [K&R C did. ANSI C requires that varargs routines be declared that way,
|> > so the caller and callee can conspire to pass extra info if needed. -John]
|>
|> The current "normal" calling convention in C is the only one afaik that
|> allows variabele number of parameters without extra invisible data.


Which convention is that?


Whichever you mean, it is not so. There are several such methods
that I have seen used, in addition to others that can be thought of.




Regards,
Nick Maclaren,
University of Cambridge Computing Service,
New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QH, England.
Email: nmm1@cam.ac.uk
Tel.: +44 1223 334761 Fax: +44 1223 334679

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