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+<h3 class="section">6.21 Macros with a Variable Number of Arguments.</h3>
+<a name="index-variable-number-of-arguments"></a>
+<a name="index-macro-with-variable-arguments"></a>
+<a name="index-rest-argument-_0028in-macro_0029"></a>
+<a name="index-variadic-macros"></a>
+
+<p>In the ISO C standard of 1999, a macro can be declared to accept a
+variable number of arguments much as a function can. The syntax for
+defining the macro is similar to that of a function. Here is an
+example:
+</p>
+<div class="smallexample">
+<pre class="smallexample">#define debug(format, ...) fprintf (stderr, format, __VA_ARGS__)
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>Here &lsquo;<samp>&hellip;</samp>&rsquo; is a <em>variable argument</em>. In the invocation of
+such a macro, it represents the zero or more tokens until the closing
+parenthesis that ends the invocation, including any commas. This set of
+tokens replaces the identifier <code>__VA_ARGS__</code> in the macro body
+wherever it appears. See the CPP manual for more information.
+</p>
+<p>GCC has long supported variadic macros, and used a different syntax that
+allowed you to give a name to the variable arguments just like any other
+argument. Here is an example:
+</p>
+<div class="smallexample">
+<pre class="smallexample">#define debug(format, args...) fprintf (stderr, format, args)
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>This is in all ways equivalent to the ISO C example above, but arguably
+more readable and descriptive.
+</p>
+<p>GNU CPP has two further variadic macro extensions, and permits them to
+be used with either of the above forms of macro definition.
+</p>
+<p>In standard C, you are not allowed to leave the variable argument out
+entirely; but you are allowed to pass an empty argument. For example,
+this invocation is invalid in ISO C, because there is no comma after
+the string:
+</p>
+<div class="smallexample">
+<pre class="smallexample">debug (&quot;A message&quot;)
+</pre></div>
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+<p>GNU CPP permits you to completely omit the variable arguments in this
+way. In the above examples, the compiler would complain, though since
+the expansion of the macro still has the extra comma after the format
+string.
+</p>
+<p>To help solve this problem, CPP behaves specially for variable arguments
+used with the token paste operator, &lsquo;<samp>##</samp>&rsquo;. If instead you write
+</p>
+<div class="smallexample">
+<pre class="smallexample">#define debug(format, ...) fprintf (stderr, format, ## __VA_ARGS__)
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>and if the variable arguments are omitted or empty, the &lsquo;<samp>##</samp>&rsquo;
+operator causes the preprocessor to remove the comma before it. If you
+do provide some variable arguments in your macro invocation, GNU CPP
+does not complain about the paste operation and instead places the
+variable arguments after the comma. Just like any other pasted macro
+argument, these arguments are not macro expanded.
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