The '...' in variable argument functions

[Parker]

In the other language, you had to declare printf with only one argument, the ... so it would look like

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declare cdecl extern _printf(...),string
but if I open Visual C++ and type the following code:

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extern "C" extern void printf(const char*,...);
extern "C" extern int _getch();

int main(void)
{
printf("Hi");
_getch();
return 0;
} it compiles fine. In Aurora, the ... still requires that an argument be there. Can this be changed to match C?

[Ionic Wind Support Team]

Aurora isn't C, there will be many differences.  Variable parameters are handled differently by design.

You can declare printf with more than one argument, but that forces the format string.

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declare cdecl import, printf(string format,...),string;
printf("%s","hi");


Or declare it without the format argument and you can use it either way

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declare cdecl import, printf(...),string;
printf("%s","hi");
printf('hi");


In aurora there isn't much use for using printf without a format specifier since we have writeln which doesn't rely on the C library. And using which can be used to format a string.