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Re: variable number of arguments to functions
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Paul D. Smith |
Subject: |
Re: variable number of arguments to functions |
Date: |
Sun, 9 Nov 2003 17:55:01 -0500 |
%% Noel Yap <address@hidden> writes:
ny> Is there a way for me to write a function that has no maximum
ny> number of arguments? For example, I'd like to be able to do:
ny> $(call exec-commands,echo bar, ls foo)
ny> $(call exec-commands,echo another, ls this, ls that)
ny> $(call exec-commands,echo one more, ls aoeu, ls ueoa, ls snth)
I don't think so. A user-defined function can take as many arguments as
you like, up to the limits of memory. However, I can't think of any way
to write the function itself, because there's no way to specify "all the
arguments to this function".
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